Born in Miyake Island of Tokyo, Miyashita Kana twice experienced volcano eruptions. The resulting lava flow from the eruption in 1983 destroyed her home, and she had to evacuate and live in temporary housing. She was forced to evacuate for 4 years and 5 months again in 2000 when the volcano erupted. During her life as an evacuee, she started working in a resident organization, where they supported the evacuee community living in evacuation centers. When the evacuation warning was cleared for the island in 2005, she established the Miyakejima Network. In 2010, she founded Glocal Employment, Support and AID Institute.
