CrossWorld Puzzles

Tag: Japanese American

  • Episode 18: Be an Actor, Not a Bridge

      Glen S. Fukushima is a bilingual and bicultural Sansei (third-generation American of Japanese ancestry) raised in the United States and Japan. He is a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, and Vice Chair of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. After law practice in Los Angeles, he served in…

  • Episode 17: Being Present in the Moment

      Sam Ushio is the Founder of Ikigai Lab, where he leads the social enterprise’s commitment to human sustainability and societal impact. Sam fuses a powerful combination of 10,000+ hours of Ikigai experience and 20 years of global asset management experience to design purpose-driven ecosystems for individuals and organizations around the world. Prior to founding Ikigai…

  • Episode 13: Connecting Cultures Through Words

      Shiori Okazaki grew up in Honolulu and Tokyo, and is currently based in Washington, DC. She is the President of Shiori Communications, LLC, where she connects her two home countries through interpretation and writing services. She previously worked with the communications team of various organizations, including the Embassy of Japan in the U.S.A., the…

  • Episode 12: Cultivating Our Humanity

      John Onoda is a principal at iQ 360, a strategic consulting firm with current clients in the United States and Japan. He has led communications at companies including General Motors, Levi Strauss, Visa USA and Charles Schwab. He also has decades of experience providing counsel to major global corporations, universities, NGOs and government agencies. He is…

  • Episode 3: A Privilege and a Power

    Mari Kuraishi is the president of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, leading the Fund’s efforts to create communities of belonging for the places and institutions that Jessie Ball duPont knew and loved. Prior to joining the Fund, Mari co-founded the groundbreaking crowdfunding philanthropy site GlobalGiving with Dennis Whittle, and served as President until 2018. In…