Bio - Nora Yasumura Consulting LLC

About Nora

Nora Yasumura (MSW) specializes in increasing the visibility of the Pan Asian community through individual guidance, advocacy, and community organizing. As a mixed race woman of Asian descent with a family history linked to the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans, she is dedicated to fostering cross-group coalitions and promoting equitable practices. Being a trailblazer in her field, Nora has spent decades creating non-judgmental and supportive spaces for individuals and groups to explore their beautifully complex and multifaceted Pan Asian identities while engaging in restorative and healing practices.

Consulting Experience

Since 2012, Nora has been a workshop facilitator and consultant for K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and non-profits.
She has presented at national conferences, including NCORE, APAHE, NAIS PoCC, ECAASU, Let's Talk Asian American Wellness Conference, and Kintsugi Conference

Higher Education Experience

For 13 years, she served as the Assistant Dean of Student Life and Advisor to Pan Asian Students at Dartmouth College, during which the college was recognized as one of the best for Asian Americans.
She was a part-time reader for the Dartmouth Admissions Office.

Independent Schools Experience

Since 1999, she has lived in independent boarding schools.
Currently, she teaches Health and Wellness classes part-time at the Indian Mountain School.
She previously held roles at The Hotchkiss School as a Class Dean and Director of Student Clubs and Affinity Groups.
She was the Founding Director of the Global Community Initiative at the Cardigan Mountain School.
She co-led the Asian American Footsteps Conference (AAFC) and is an active member of the Advisory Board.

Other Initiatives

She currently coordinates the Healing Circles for Change and serve as a Healing Justice Campaign volunteer with Tsuru for Solidarity.
She serves as a Collaborating Faculty member for the MGH Center for Cross-Cultural for Emotional Wellness.
She mentored an Act to Change Youth Ambassador who won the 2023 National "Changemaker of the Year Award".
She has advised and supported two AAWPI Fellows.
She co-founded a national Mixed Race Japanese American Adult Affinity Group, which virtually meets monthly.

Organizations I've worked with (sampling)

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