Hatakeyama Yumiko was born in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. Her motto is ‘Community is the most important tool for disaster prevention’. The community center in her hometown was washed away by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. After that, she was the person in charge of PR for rebuilding the community center program through community participation. In 2012, she became a local staff of Japan Lutheran Emergency Relief (JLER) and after 2014, she started working as SVA staff and is in charge of children support program ‘Atsumare Hamawarasu! (Let’s gather, beach kids!).
