Chapter 15: Asian Foreign-Born Women Scholars Experience a Triple Threat to Work–Life Balance

The purpose of this chapter is to share the unique challenges that immigrant Asian women scholars face after graduating from American higher education institutions with advanced degrees in educational leadership. Findings show that the women we studied experienced what we have named a “triple threat” in their attempts to achieve work–life balance. Moreover, women’s work and life obstacles in terms of their immigrant status, teaching credibility, English accents, lack of cultural knowledge, and marginalization and isolation at work or study, have significantly affected their work and family lives overall. We recommend institutional catalysts and transformation is needed to ease the challenges that Asian foreign-born women face in achieving greater balance between work and life.