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** Shigeko Okano **

  

     Hello, I'm Shigeko Okano. I'm from Japan. So I'm an international student. I came to NY because I'd like to study Art Therapy. 

     

     Why I'm here.

 

     When I was in Japan, I was a sort of graphic deshiner. One day I studied color coordination. Then I found Art Therapy. Color and people's feeling is related ecash other. I was really interested in it, so I wanted to learn it. Unfortunately, it wasn't well known in Japan at that time, so I couldn't find any school in Japan. I looked up information about Art Therapy, then I found America and Germany are advanced countries for Art Therpy. I decided to move to the US to study  it. However, I didn't have any art degree in art. I had to get art degree before studying Art Therapy. It took too much time and money, so I hesitated going to college. 


      One day, I found AD about helping erderly people on news paper. I worked as a volunteer at non profit group in Manhattan. I met a lot of people who lost their partners. Some people still struggle because they haven't gotten over the saddest moments. Some people are imgrants from Japan, so they can't communicate with other people well. I hadn't noticed there are so many people who suffer from isolation in the U.S. This job opened my eyes. I became interested in social worker.

 
      I'd like to help people who suffer from loneliness or many other situation. I decided to go to college to get a degree. I'm planning to transfer to 4years college later. I still haven't decided my exact goal yet, but definetely I'd like to be a social worker or coulnselor. Hopefully, it's near future. 

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