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Resilience as Strategy: Shreya Kothari on Building an EB-1A-Caliber Career and Leading Global Talent

Resilience is useful. Strategy is what wins.

Shreya Kothari represented Team India for 20 years in inline hockey, then moved to the U.S. and navigated the full pathway: F-1, OPT/CPT, H-1B uncertainty, and ultimately the EB-1A. What makes her story valuable isn’t just the outcome, it’s the method: how she translated an elite-performance background into a credible, evidence-based “extraordinary ability” narrative.

This isn’t a legal breakdown. It’s a strategic operating conversation for foreign nationals and the leaders who manage them.

In this episode, we unpack:

• How to treat your career…

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