Speaker · Author · Founder of Degree Free

There's more than one path to a great career. Hannah shows your audience the ones that work.

She turns college ROI, AI-era careers, and the Degree Free path into something parents, teens, and the people who hire them can actually use.

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Hannah Maruyama, Founder of Degree Free
63M+
People reached
588,000
Social followers
286K+
Podcast downloads
18,000+
Families helped
What Hannah talks about

The questions your audience is already asking.

College ROI

When a degree pays off, and when it quietly doesn't. The math families never get shown.

AI-era careers

What AI is doing to the first job, and what to build right now.

Degree Free paths

Apprenticeships, licenses, paid training, portfolios. The routes most families never hear about.

Parent decisions

How a family actually makes the call, with clear eyes and real numbers.

Skills-first work

Why a degree is a weak proxy for ability, and what to look at instead.

Signature talks

Talks built to land. Eye-opening and practical.

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The $1M Earnings Myth

What “college pays off” really means once you look past the averages.

Best for
Education conferences, financial-literacy summits
They walk away with
A clear way to judge ROI on real numbers.

Beat the Bots

How to prepare your audience for an AI-shaped job market.

Best for
Workforce and business audiences
They walk away with
A concrete plan for AI-era work.

The Five Degree Free Pathways

Apprenticeships, licenses, paid training, portfolios, mapped.

Best for
Career readiness and teens
They walk away with
Five concrete routes to real work, no degree required.
The booker's promise

What it's like to put Hannah on your stage or feed.

She handles a charged topic with calm and credibility. Sharp enough to be interesting, grounded enough for families.

  • Audiences leave knowing what to do. Every talk ends with concrete steps your audience can use right away.
  • Credible on a business set, warm on a main stage. At home on CNBC and in front of a packed auditorium.
  • Great with families. Warm, direct, and reassuring with anxious parents and teens.
  • Direct and fair. She tells the hard truths about college and keeps the whole room with her.
  • Easy to book, easy to brief. Tight, quotable, and ready to go.
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