Alumni Spotlight

Alumni Spotlight From the Magazine

JET Alumni Spotlight: Pat Ripton (Okinawa)

August 1, 2020August 9, 2020 Web Editor military, Okinawa

Please introduce yourself and where you’re from! My name is Patrick Ripton and I grew up in Western NY State,

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Alumni Spotlight: Shuying Yao (Sapporo City)

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Web Editor

Please introduce yourself and where you’re from! Hi, I’m Shuying from Singapore. Where and what did you study? I majored

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Alumni Spotlight: Nathalie Ng (Hamamatsu, Shizuoka)

May 1, 2020May 13, 2020 Web Editor alumni, JETAA, Singapore

Please introduce yourself and where you’re from! I’m Nathalie Ng, and I’m from the tiny island of Singapore. Where and

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Alumni Spotlight: Laurence Innis (Sasebo, Nagasaki)

April 1, 2020March 10, 2020 Web Editor Nagasaki, Sasebo City

Please introduce yourself and where you’re from! My name is Laurence and I currently reside in Trinidad, one of the

Carlo Marasigan, present head of JETAA-Philippines

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Alumni Spotlight: Carlo Marasigan (Obama, Fukui)

March 1, 2020February 12, 2020 Web Editor Filipino, Fukui prefecture., JETAA-Philippines, Philippines

Please introduce yourself and where you’re from! My name is Carlo Marasigan. I am a high school English teacher in

JETAA Alumni Spotlight – Jonathan Kushner

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Alumni Spotlight: Jonathan Kushner (Tokyo)

February 1, 2020February 12, 2020 Web Editor McDonald, Tokyo

Please introduce yourself and where you’re from! Hi everyone, my name is Jonathan Kushner and I live in Tokyo with

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Alumni Spotlight: Divya Jha (Fukuoka)

January 1, 2020January 15, 2020 Web Editor Fukuoka, Japan Foundation, JETAA India

Hello! My name is Divya Jha and I am from New Delhi, India. I am 44 years old, married and have two lovely daughters aged 20 and 17.

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Alumni Spotlight: Rose Tanasugarn (Shimane)

December 1, 2019January 15, 2020 Web Editor JET Alumni Association (JETAAWJ), JETAA International, Shimane

I’m Rose Tanasugarn and I am a native of Los Angeles. I have spent half of my adult life living in Japan, including six years as an ALT in Shimane and twelve years in Kobe. I am currently treasurer of the Western Japan chapter of the Japan JET Alumni Association (JETAAWJ) and Japan country representative in JETAA International.

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Alumni Spotlight: Xander Peterson (Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki)

November 1, 2019January 15, 2020 Web Editor AJET, ALT, JET Programme, Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, UCLA

Hey everyone! I’m Xander Peterson, your friendly neighborhood JET alumnus. I’m originally from sunny Santa Cruz, California, and currently live and work in San Francisco. I’ve been pretty active in the JET alumni community and have held a number of positions related to JET since I returned from JET in 2012.

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Alumni Spotlight: Eden Law (Iwaki, Fukushima)

October 9, 2019January 15, 2020 Web Editor AJET, ALT, alumni, Fukushima, Iwaki, JET Programme, JETAAI, JETAANSW

I’m Eden, and I’m from Sydney Australia (though originally born in Malaysia). I’m currently serving as the webmaster of both my local JETAANSW chapter and JETAAI (International). Before that, I served as a Chapter President, and Country Representative for Australia. So to call me a JET otaku (JET-taku?) wouldn’t be too inaccurate.

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