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FACES OF YFU
Left: Micah Putnam in Japan in 2009
Right: Tomoko Putnam in the US in 1983
MISHA PUTNAM:
A FAMILY’S TRADITION
PROGRAM: Sweden, 2013
OCCUPATION: High School Student
HOME: Arlington, VA
“Family traditions are founded on novelty and strengthened in iterations. Our family has
been intertwined with Youth For Understanding from the very start. It began in 1983, when
Tokyo native Tomoko stepped into her new life as a YFU high school exchange student in
Colorado. There she befriended a classmate, Bob, and they remained connected, eventually
leading to their wedding in 1989. Bob and Tomoko’s cultural exchange broadened as they
learned more intimately the influence each respective culture had on the other.”
Read more about the incredible connection between YFU and the Putnams here. >>
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