Nozomi Sakurai,
17 years old
Saitama, Japan

Nozomi speaks Japanese and English.  She is active in school clubs and service organizations; particularly interested in fighting poverty and committed to raising funds in behalf of this cause.  She feels that countries are not doing enough to understand each other.

Nozomi is warm, and even though she is shy, she is very friendly and funny.  She is calm and intelligent about her approach to life.

Nozomi likes rap, pop, rock.  She likes listening to Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Masaharu Fukuyama, Eternal and the Yellow Monkeys.

Her e-mail is: rjacobs@s2.sonnet.com