The second story in "Women's Way of Life in America" is with Y. N,. who studied English at community college and is now working in a café.

“The Lives of Women in the United States” is a series in which we introduce resilient Japanese women who have managed to strike a great work-life balance here in America. In the first of this series, we interview Ms. Yoshiko Shimizu who balances a career as a real estate agent with working at a Japanese restaurant.