Namju Cho grew up traveling around the world with her father's work for the Korean government. She lived in Australia, the Netherlands, Ivory Coast, France, Korea, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Venezuela, and the United States. Namju became fluent in French, English, and Spanish. She studied journalism in Korea and the U.S. and worked as a journalist covering Korea's transition to democracy. Namju earned a master's degree from Harvard and has worked for non-profits in Los Angeles. She is now a project manager at SGA.