Waka T Brown

Waka T. Brown was the first American born in her family. She is a Stanford graduate with a master's degree in secondary education. She's currently an instructor at the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education(SPICE), authoring curriculum on several international topics and winning the Association for Asian Studies' national Franklin R. Buchanan Prize. She's also been awarded the United States-Japan Foundation and EngageAsia's national 2019 Elgin Heinz Outstanding Teacher Award for her groundbreaking endeavors in teaching about US-Japan relations to high school students in Japan and promoting cultural exchange awareness. She lives with her family in Portland, Oregon.