Yukiko Nakano

Undergraduate college student with strong leadership skills through club leadership and coaching. Experience in marketing and social advocacy through working with small businesses and non-profit organizations.

Work Experience

• Public Relations Coordinator for Kidzu Children's Museum: January 2022 - present
  • Working with three other UNC students as a PR team
  • Tasked with writing news releases, audits, and speeches
  • Applying AP Style writing in all forms of writing
• Marketing and Communications Intern for Girls on the Run of the Triangle: August 2021 - December 2021
  • Created partnerships with Duke, NC State, and NC Central University Women's Athletics
  • Helped organize the 2021 Reindeer Romp 5K Race
  • Social Media campaigns: Board Member Highlights Campaign (Diversity), Coach Appreciation Campaign (Coach retention), "Let's Get Running" campaign (5K preparation)

Projects

• Project Leader for the Asian Solidarity and Action Project (ASAP): July 2021 - present
  • Creating a photo book featuring Asian-owned food businesses across all of North Carolina
  • Conducting interviews and photoshoots to raise awareness for the AAPI community in NC
  • All proceeds from book sales going toward AAPI organizations
• Organizer of Japanese Film Festival (In Partnership with the Consulate-General of Japan and the Carolina Asia Center): January 2022 - present
  • Organizing a film festival with two other UNC students
  • Featuring three Japanese films/documentaries covering several topics on Japanese culture (Food culture, WWII, Family values)
  • Communicating in Japanese with the Consulate-General of Japan and various Japanese community-based organizations

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• GPA: 3.881
• Expected Graduation date: 2023
• B.A. in Media and Journalism (Advertising/Public Relations Concentration)
• B.A. in Global Studies (Global Health/Environment and Asia Concentration
• Japanese Minor