MEET TOMO

Tomo Hatamata is an exchange student from Ryukoku University. He grew up on Saipan Island, a U.S. commonwealth in the western Pacific Ocean where he first began learning English. He is studying Intercultural Communications and hopes to be a business language translator. He enjoys cooking with his host dad, gaming on Playstation 4, and listening to EDM in his free time.

Cassie Wilson contributed reporting for this story.

Advocate Staff