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rachellehacmac > Yoko Tatsuta, Program Leader for Educational Homestays Program, takes the 33 Chinese students and two teachers she is responsible for to California State University Northridge Monday, July 28, 2008, in Los Angeles, Calif., where Tatsuta is studying to become a high school counselor for international students. As a program leader, Tatsuta was responsible for finding host families for all of the 33 students from Shanghai for their three week visit, coordinating daily activities, classes and trips, and maintaining the students general wellbeing. A past exchange student herself, Tatsuta now lives in the US and does everything she can to help students bridge the gap between cultures. (Photo by Rachelle Hacmac/Brooks Institute ©2008)
rachellehacmac > Yoko Tatsuta, Program Leader for Educational Homestays Program, pushes the hair out of her face as she walks around a corner at the Community Presbyterian Church where the program rents space to teach the students about American culture, in Ventura, Calif., while students write thank you cards to their host families and prepare skits and songs to perform at the farewell party Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 12, 2008. As a program leader, Tatsuta was responsible for finding host families for all of the 33 students from Shanghai for their three week visit, coordinating daily activities, classes and trips, and maintaining the students general wellbeing. A past exchange student herself, Tatsuta now lives in the US and does everything she can to help students bridge the gap between cultures. (Photo by Rachelle Hacmac/Brooks Institute ©2008)
rachellehacmac > Yoko Tatsuta, Program Leader for Educational Homestays Program, and Chinese teacher "Rachel" Zhang Yan make plans while students write thank you cards to their host families in preparation for the farewell party Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 12, 2008 at the Community Presbyterian Church where the program rents space to teach the students about American culture, in Ventura, Calif. As a program leader, Tatsuta was responsible for finding host families for all of the 33 students from Shanghai for their three week visit, coordinating daily activities, classes and trips, and maintaining the students general wellbeing. A past exchange student herself, Tatsuta now lives in the US and does everything she can to help students bridge the gap between cultures. (Photo by Rachelle Hacmac/Brooks Institute ©2008)
rachellehacmac > After a long day Yoko Tatsuta, Program Leader for Educational Homestays Program, makes calls late into the night at her temporary home at the apartment of her past host mom on Tuesday night, Aug. 12, 2008, in Ventura, Calif. Tatsuta lives in Los Angeles, but for the three weeks the students are in Ventura, she sleeps on an air mattress at her past host mom's apartment. She averages four hours of sleep a night. As a program leader, Tatsuta was responsible for finding all of the 34 students from Shanghai host families for their three week visit, coordinating daily activities, classes and trips, and maintaining the students general wellbeing. A past exchange student herself, Tatsuta now lives in the US and does everything she can to help students bridge the gap between cultures. (Photo by Rachelle Hacmac/Brooks Institute ©2008)
rachellehacmac > Yoko Tatsuta, Program Leader for Educational Homestays Program, leads the 34 Chinese students she is responsible for around California State University Northridge where she is studying to become a high school counselor for international students. As a program leader, Tatsuta was responsible for finding all of the 34 students from Shanghai host families for their three week visit, coordinating daily activities, classes and trips, and maintaining the students general wellbeing. A past exchange student herself, Tatsuta now lives in the US and does everything she can to help students bridge the gap between cultures. (Photo by Rachelle Hacmac/Brooks Institute ©2008)
rachellehacmac > Yoko Tatsuta, Program Leader for Educational Homestays Program, helps students write thank you cards to their host families in preparation for the farewell party Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 12, 2008 at the Community Presbyterian Church where the program rents space to teach the students about American culture, in Ventura, Calif. As a program leader, Tatsuta was responsible for finding host families for all of the 33 students from Shanghai for their three week visit, coordinating daily activities, classes and trips, and maintaining the studentsÕ general wellbeing. A past exchange student herself, Tatsuta now lives in the US and does everything she can to help students bridge the gap between cultures. (Photo by Rachelle Hacmac/Brooks Institute ©2008)
rachellehacmac > Yoko Tatsuta, Program Leader for Educational Homestays Program, makes arrangements for Chinese take-out dinners for the 33 Chinese students to eat on the bus ride to the airport the next evening on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 12, 2008 at the Community Presbyterian Church where the program rents space to teach the students about American culture, in Ventura, Calif. As a program leader, Tatsuta was responsible for finding host families for all of the 33 students from Shanghai for their three week visit, coordinating daily activities, classes and trips, and maintaining the students general wellbeing. A past exchange student herself, Tatsuta now lives in the US and does everything she can to help students bridge the gap between cultures. (Photo by Rachelle Hacmac/Brooks Institute ©2008)
rachellehacmac > Yoko Tatsuta, Program Leader for Educational Homestays Program, takes a group shot of the 33 Chinese students and two teachers she is responsible for at California State University Northridge Monday, July 28, 2008, in Los Angeles, Calif., where Tatsuta is studying to become a high school counselor for international students. As a program leader, Tatsuta was responsible for finding host families for all of the 33 students from Shanghai for their three week visit, coordinating daily activities, classes and trips, and maintaining the studentsÕ general wellbeing. A past exchange student herself, Tatsuta now lives in the US and does everything she can to help students bridge the gap between cultures. (Photo by Rachelle Hacmac/Brooks Institute ©2008)
rachellehacmac > Preston Ames of San Marcos High School, reacts after seeing his dive's score during a swimming and diving meet against Ventura High School, at Ventura High School, April 16, 2008. (Photo by Rachelle Hacmac/Brooks Institute ©2008)
Yoko Tatsuta, Program Leader for Educational Homestays Program, takes the 33 Chinese students and two teachers she is responsible for to California State University Northridge Monday, July 28, 2008, in Los Angeles, Calif., where Tatsuta is studying to become a high school counselor for international students. As a program leader, Tatsuta was responsible for finding host families for all of the 33 students from Shanghai for their three week visit, coordinating daily activities, classes and trips, and maintaining the students general wellbeing. A past exchange student herself, Tatsuta now lives in the US and does everything she can to help students bridge the gap between cultures. (Photo by Rachelle Hacmac/Brooks Institute ©2008)
rachellehacmac > Yoko Tatsuta, Program Leader for Educational Homestays Program, takes the 33 Chinese students and two teachers she is responsible for to California State University Northridge Monday, July 28, 2008, in Los Angeles, Calif., where Tatsuta is studying to become a high school counselor for international students. As a program leader, Tatsuta was responsible for finding host families for all of the 33 students from Shanghai for their three week visit, coordinating daily activities, classes and trips, and maintaining the students general wellbeing. A past exchange student herself, Tatsuta now lives in the US and does everything she can to help students bridge the gap between cultures. (Photo by Rachelle Hacmac/Brooks Institute ©2008)
Yoko Tatsuta, Program Leader for Educational Homestays Program, takes the 33 Chinese students and two teachers she is responsible for to California State University Northridge Monday, July 28, 2008, in Los Angeles, Calif., where Tatsuta is studying to become a high school counselor for international students. As a program leader, Tatsuta was responsible for finding host families for all of the 33 students from Shanghai for their three week visit, coordinating daily activities, classes and trips, and maintaining the students general wellbeing. A past exchange student herself, Tatsuta now lives in the US and does everything she can to help students bridge the gap between cultures. (Photo by Rachelle Hacmac/Brooks Institute ©2008)
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