Nora Yasumura, MSW

Nora Yasumura, MSW, brings over 20 years of expertise working directly with the Pan Asian community at both the college and high school levels. She served as the Assistant Dean of Student Life and Pan Asian Advisor in the Office of Pluralism and Leadership at Dartmouth College for 13 years. She has lived in the independent boarding school environment for over 20 years with administrative and faculty positions at the Hotchkiss School, Indian Mountain School, and the Cardigan Mountain School. In 2018, she was one of the main coordinators of the Asian American Footsteps Conference (AAFC) featuring 35 independent Schools and over 500 participants. In addition, she is a Tsuru for Solidarity healing circle facilitator and coordinates their training program. She is also the founder of the Pan Asian Wellness Initiative (PAWI) Network for independent schools. For the past 10 years, she has served as a national diversity consultant where she has been a featured speaker at Let's Talk Conference, MGH Center for Cross-Cultural Student Emotional Wellness Conference, East Coast American Student Union (ECAASU) Conference, Asian Pacific American in Higher Education (APAHE) Conference, and the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE).