三重四日市市生まれ、奈良女子大付属 (幼稚園から、小学校、中学校卒、高校２年まで)、秋田北高校転校、卒、
学歴：新潟大学人文学部英文学科 （BA）、新卒勤務校：（上越市）新潟県立高田高等学校→高田北城高校
→以下講師：近畿大学付属高校。Norwich University, Goddard Graduate Program (MA取得), →東京学芸大学、洗足学園、埼玉大学。
離婚後アメリカへ移住、勤務校Southwestern College, San Diego Mesa College, La Jolla Country Day School,
退職後 Palomar College。日本人で初のDistinguished Faculty Award at Palomar College受賞 「ディスティングイッシュト・プロフェッサー」.
学外での活動：Ceative writing, the San Diego Japanese Speech Contest 主宰者2008 - 2023、
父との思いで Alice in Nara is Fumiko's memory of her father, originally written in English which came out in 1982.
This story won a writing contest which came with a traveling award.She misses those exciting memories, winning trips and cash prizes.
This is the prototype image behind her love for the Speech Contest she has been in charge of for decades.
Participating Schools for 2022: Canyon Crest Academy, Mira Mesa High School, Rancho Bernardo High School,
Torrey Pines High School,
Grossmont College, San Diego Mesa College, San Diego State University,
University of San Diego, University of California, San Diego
Contributing teachers: Ayumi Dohr, Keiko Ito, Hiroko Takagi, Izumi Takeda,
Don Quinn, Sato Umabe and other teachers
Guests and Judges:
Ms. Shoko Kida, Consulate General of Japan inLos Angeles
Ms. Kate Leonard, Honorary Consul of Japan in
San Diego,
Dr. Ryu Kitajima, San Diego State University
Mr.KirillMiroshkhin,
Bank of Hope, Los Angeles
Dr. Yuki Arita, San Diego State University
Masters of Ceremonies: Dacoda Strack & Rachel Valdez
Tech Support: Dacoda Strack, Dr. Bryan
Sponsors/Supporters
Japan Foundation, Japan Airlines, SONY,
Kyocera, Rancho Santa Fe Foundation,
SDYSCS, Masonic Secretaries Association, Wa-Common, Kazumi & Sakata,
Vivi Navi, Kazuko Coyne, SDJBA, San Diego Yuyu, TJSC, CAJLT
Host North Park Lions Club
Co-host Consulate General of Japan Los Angeles
Presented by San Diego Japanese Speech Contest Committee
Chair Fumiko Tachibana
2008 when we met Hisako called us togeter. June 2008
Tachibana, Hisako, and friends (2008, Hisako was 82 then!!!)
Fumiko, Kate, Hisako 2013
North park Lions Club, our new host, and its Booth "Be Happy" at North Park Farmers Market 10102019 Fall 2019 North Park Lions Club Booth at North Park Farmer's Market December 21, 2019 at 4::01 PM
Fumiko's photo collage: memories al a carte
(c) Melinda Finn, photo on the right 2006, Palomar College My heart-felt appreciation goes to the following inspiring teachers
whose kind heart remains in my heart when I look back upon my life in the US:
Takako Izumi sensei, Mikiko Imamura sensei, Poet/Professor Steve Kowit,
Prof. Manuel Cortes, Dr. Carlos Von Son. They passed away soon after that.
I miss them all so much!
My big thank you also goes to Dr. Dan McLeord, Professor Emeritus at SDSU, who passed away in 2024,
the most important person who gave me an initial support via SDSU.
Thank you all, with all my love and appreciation.The classrooms were my most favorite place where I could be myself.
The most active period as a teacher was at Palomar College (1999 - 2015) where students were my treasure.
I had the pleasure of winning the Distinguished Faculty Award in 2006.
I was also recognized
the following year by the Board of Directors of the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce.
. Meet Your Facult :Fumiko Tachibana
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Distinguished Faculty Award at Palomar College Page 27 of
Telescope (Official/ this page is still working see page 27) /Screen Shot "Thank you all!"
(photo: June 2006)
"Award Recognition" 2006 in front of Howard Brubeck Theatre at Palomar College
I can't say thank you enough how much you all made my days!
Photo was taken by Ken Levin, who taught Business Japanese.
My short poem "Lead Me to Henrinji Temple" was put into opera by Mr. Burton V. Foreman.
This music was to be used for a new movie by Tokuma-shobo but unfortunately it did not happen.
This song was one of the three songs performed and recorded
by the Radio and Symphony Orchestra of Krakow, Poland in mid 1990's. Blog since 2014
Participated in the orchestra, June 2018
February 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j70YHhlXVrI
父との思いで Alice in Nara is Fumiko's memory of her father, originally written in English which came out in 1982.
This story won a writing contest which came with a traveling award.She misses those exciting memories, winning trips and cash prizes.
This is the prototype image behind her love for the Speech Contest she has been in charge of for decades.
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Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019
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The above animations are my hobbies in the early years at Palomar.
こんなもの↑をたくさん作って楽しんでいました。
This page is under construction
Lastly
here are some personal notes:
Fumiko has two lovely grown (adult) children. Her son works in Los Angeles and her daughter operates a small bar she owns in Ginza Please stop
by and say hello to her people!! They both enjoy work, which makes their mom very happy and proud as she has been retired for a decade.
Now she enjoys her hobby. Currently focusing more on the piano after struggling with violin. She loves Bach. Also she loves creative activities.
She is currently looking for a songwriter who would like to put music to her poetry. Didn't Shakespeare say "music is the food of love?, wait
Music is the food of life! Going back to poetry. She was once recognized as one of 36Japanese women poets in the anthology "Other Side River"
(Free Verse (Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature) published by Stone Bridge Press in Berkley in 1995. She sometimes enjoys the revision
of the past work. Someone reprinted her chapbook that was published in 1989 without her permission. She is letting it go. Her husband has always been
her great supporter and appreciator of who we are, as well as a unique thinker and a believer, as a PhD in high energy physics and a master of two B's.
Banking and Budo He is also a lover of Bach and Goldberg Variations too. They plan to visit Bach's hometown during the Bach Festl.
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