Dr Yumiko Kadota is a cosmetic physician with 15 years of medical experience. She graduated from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) with Honours and worked at public hospitals in Melbourne and Sydney for the first 8 years of her career. She has also worked as a university lecturer in Anatomy and was nominated for the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence. Dr Yumiko now runs her own cosmetic clinic in Sydney and spends her spare time as a clinical trainer, freelance writer, and speaker. In 2021, she published a bestselling memoir called Emotional Female with Penguin Books, which was nominated for the Australian Book Industry Awards for the Best Biography and Best Audiobook categories. She is also a qualified yoga teacher and spent five years as an instructor for BodyPump and RPM.