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Team

THE JA-NE TEAM

COURTNEY OZAKI

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  • She, Her, Hers
    ​Born & Raised in Colorado.

  • Sansei (3rd) + Yonsei (4th) Generation Japanese American.

  • MFA Performing Arts Management,
    Brooklyn College

  • BSM Recording Arts + Music Management,
    University of Colorado at Denver

  • Business Manager, Taiko Community Alliance

  • Producer + Connector + Professional Taiko Artist

  • She, Her, Hers

  • Sansei (3rd) Generation
    Japanese American

  • Doctor of Musical Arts, Opera Cognate, Japanese Aesthetics & Music, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music 

  • ​ Soprano + Educator + Cultural Consultant

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MARGARET OZAKI GRAVES

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  • She, Her, Hers
    ​Born & Raised in Muscat,Oman.

  • MA Near Eastern Studies        NYU

  • BA Psychology, Journalism, Japanese Studies
    The New School

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AFNAN AL-YAFAEY

MEENA MALIK

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  • She, Her, Hers

  • Born and raised in Chiba, Japan,

  • Immigrated to the US in 1999

  • Program Manager of Theater, New England Foundation for the Arts,

  • artEquity National Facilitator Cohort 2019, Co-founder & Steering Committee Member,API Arts Network of Boston,

  • Member Voci Angelica Trio, MM Vocal Performance, New England Conservatory, MS Arts Administration, Boston University
     

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  • Yonsei (4th) Generation Japanese American

  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

  • Engineer (Medical Devices)

EVAN SHIGAYA

AKEMI TSUTSUI-KUNITAKE

  • 3rd (Shin-Sansei) + 4th (Yonsei) Generation Japanese American

  • BA Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado Denver

  • USA Karate Team Member - Female Elite Kata

  • Instructor at Colorado Budokan, Karate-ka of 20+ years experience

  • Creator of modern Japanese American occult art

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JANELLE YOU

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  • Born & Raised in Maui, Hawai'i.

  • Nisei (2nd) Generation Japanese American + 4th Generation Chinese American.

  • Current student at Grand Canyon University in Marketing & Advertising

  • Former Professional Taiko Performer of TAIKOPROJECT & Unit Souzou

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