Among the 10 women who have been selected this year by the College Women’s Association of Japan (CWAJ) to receive scholarships to study in Japan and overseas is Ai Hirabayashi, who will study at McGill University in Montréal. Hirabayashi, who has a bachelor’s degree in policy management from Keio University and a master’s degree in psychology from Sophia University, has worked as a psychotherapist. With her ¥3 million scholarship, she will be pursuing a Master of Science in couple and family therapy at McGill and hopes to specialize in providing therapy to LGBTQ+, multicultural and trauma victim couples.