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Nancy Ishikawa Yassuda


Born in São Paulo, Capital. Graduated in IT Technology. She is part of the Seinen Bunkyo or Young Nikkeys Group of the City of São Paulo, where she has served as a member of the Human Resources (HR) board since 2009, led by her brother who served as president of Seinen in 2011.

He likes reading, researching, traveling, dancing, chatting with friends. Her biggest dream is to go on exchange to learn fluent English and get to know different cultures and people with their life stories and knowledge.

Updated November 2014


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Nikkei Chronicles #3—Nikkei Names: Taro, John, Juan, João?
Short and funny story

Nov. 17, 2014 • Nancy Ishikawa Yassuda

My dear mother's name is a little strange, because her mother, my little batchan, didn't know Portuguese. Do you have any idea what that name is? I promise that I will only reveal it at the end, because now I will tell you that my mother and my aunts are respectively TÓ, KÓ, KIKA and NÊ. But today the name in Portuguese prevails because it is more sensible. KÓ and KIKA are called that because it was the affectionate way …

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