Tanaka Iki

Head of the Immigrant Support Division at the NPO Youth Support Center. Born in Tokyo in 1979. Moved to the Philippines at age 16 to attend a local high school. Worked with a child-support NGO there before assuming her current position in 2010. Oversees the YSC Global School, which provides specialized Japanese-language education for children with foreign roots, and leads programs that support the independence and employment of young people whose first language is not Japanese.