My name is Isabel Stenzel Byrnes, and I am a half-Japanese social worker. In 1994, I spent a year in Takamatsu, Japan, teaching English at Kagawa Medical School through VIA. My VIA year was among the best of my life, … Continue reading →

VIA’s Exploring Health Care program connects Japanese medical students with their peers at Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).  During spring break, coordinators from Stanford and UCSF lead the Japanese on an exploration of health care … Continue reading →