2016~2019 Participated in FIRST Robotics Competition as a member.
Received Regional Chairman’s Award twice, and all three rookie awards at FRC. Recognized as a FIRST Dean’s List Finalist.
Competed at FIRST Championships thrice in a row.
Engaged in outreach events such as free robotics workshops with companies, exhibiting at events, and talking with experts like Malala Yousafzai and Dean Kamen.
2017 Started FRC Team 6909 SAKURA Tempesta.
2018~ Founding member at FRC committee at FIRST Japan
2019 Entered Macalester College
2021 Registered SAKURA Tempesta as a non-profit organization
2022 Received Mann-Hill fellowship from Macalester College
2023 Graduated from Macalester College（Cum Laude）
– Major: Neuroscience, Minors: Biology, Dance, and Psychology
– Honors Thesis: Effects of Coordinated Reset Deep Brain Stimulation of Subthalamic Nucleus on Parkinsonian Gait in the Non-Human Primate Model
– Awarded the Neuroscience Prize for Academic Excellence as well as the David Wick Endowed Prize for Excellence in Leadership
2023 Researcher at Neuromodulation Research Center (University of Minnesota Medical School Department of Neurology

Do you know how many women in Japan are interested in pursuing STEM careers? Only 17% of them answered yes in contrast with 44% in western countries. Consider engineering as an example. It is true that especially those without any experience in the field tend to believe it as a pie-in-the-sky field, and it’s even harder for women not to have that perspective due to the significant lack of women in the field. In order to get rid of the prejudice, I would first like to popularize FRC and provide students, no matter what kind of circumstances they are under, with opportunities to get a taste of engineering.

Moreover, I hope to make the future where women and men are always equally treated on the creative front line in any cases and build the environment where everyone can accomplish what they actually want by broadening my knowledge and perspective and collaborating with various specialists at this foundation.