Royanne Doi
Royanne Doi brings a wealth of experience to TELL including for-profit, non-profit, start-up, and academic work experience. Along with recently assuming the position as an independent non-executive director of a global Japan-based asset management company, she is also an outside director of Gojo & Company, a social impact start-up company investing in micro-finance banks in […]
Yoshimi Araki, MS, LMHC
Yoshimi is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor through the State of Hawai’i. She earned her Master of Science degree in Counseling Psychology, with an emphasis on mental health counseling, from the Chaminade University of Honolulu, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. She completed her postgraduate training […]
Cherie Adams (LCSW)
Cherie Adams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker from Texas. Cherie has been a social worker for 15 years. Cherie has a master’s degree in social work from the University of Southern California and a bachelor’s degree in social science. Cherie became a social worker to help people make positive change in their lives. Her experience includes working with families […]
Wakako Minamoto-Wood, MA
Born and grew up in Okinawa (Native) Lived in the US (California, Hawaii, and Georgia) for over 25 years and just returned in December of 2021 to take care of her elderly parents. In the past, I served Community Base counseling to meet the clients at their locations (home and the school setting) and served […]
John Grindrod
Nami Matsumura
Nami is a licensed mental health clinician through the state of Massachusetts as well as a Nationally Certified Counselor and Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor through NBCC. She was born and raised in Fukuoka, Japan. Then, she moved to the U.S.A. for higher education. She has a master’s degree in Counseling from the University of […]
Jack Shaw, Ph.D. Media Design
A long-term Tokyo resident, Jack comes to the role of Outreach Coordinator with over 15 years of brand strategy and marketing experience. After his time in the private/corporate sector, he enjoys using his depth of knowledge to support the TELL mission through community outreach and advocating for mental health awareness in Japan, particularly among underserved […]
Kirara Miyahara (ATR-BC, LPC)
Kirara Miyahara is a Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC) and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). Her clinical work experience is primarily in Japan and the United States, and she has conducted individual and group therapy sessions in group homes, elementary schools, and hospitals. She has clinical experience working with children as young as 3, to individuals […]