Aya Nishiyama Rotary Global Grant Scholar 2014-2015

 

Aya Nishiyama, Rotary Global Grants Scholar 2014-2015 spoke to our club on Monday, March 16. We had 8 lucky guests as well as our members that attended Aya's presentation.

Gerard and Judy Baribeau from Rotary Club of Scarborough accompanied Aya to our meeting. The Rotary Club of Scarborough is one of Aya's host Rotary Clubs. 

Aya spoke about growing up in Japan and the USA as well as her reasons for studying literacy and language at the University of Toronto. Thank you Aya for a very informative and interesting presentation.

Please see Aya's bio below.

 

Aya Nishiyama was born in Osaka, Japan. She has lived in the United States and Japan before turning 18. After graduating from the Christian University in Tokyo, she worked as a high school English teacher for 2 years and an elementary school English teacher for a year and a half.

Aya applied for and was awarded a Rotary Global Grant Scholar for 2014-2015 and is taking her Masters in Education at the University of Toronto(Ontario Institute for Studies in Education). Her major is Language and Literacy Education.

She is hosted by two Rotary clubs, Osaka-Nakanoshima Rotary Club in Japan and Rotary Club of Scarborough in Canada.

She is a member of a downtown Toronto church and is learning how to play the flute.