Tacoma’s Venajah Woods (left) and Coupeville grad Raechel Kundert have earned internships with the Japanese Cultural Community Center of Washington in Seattle. (Photo property of JCCCW)
Raechel Kundert is a bright, shining star.
The Coupeville High School grad is a senior at the University of Washington, where she carries a triple major.
You read that right, as Kundert is studying Linguistics, Japanese, and Asian Languages and Cultures.
Which shouldn’t leave the former Wolf much free time.
But Kundert will carve out a chunk of her schedule to accept a new honor, having been tabbed for a winter Ganbaru internship with the Japanese Cultural Community Center of Washington.
She’ll join Venajah Woods, a Psychology major from Tacoma, in working as a Social Media and Marketing intern for the JCCCW.
Ganbaru translates to “give one’s best effort,” and interns work on cultural and historical programs, annual events, and office operations.
Kundert, who was a talented musician and football player during her time in Coupeville, grew up on Whidbey Island and became interested in Japanese culture at a young age.
A big fan of the country’s pop culture, she also studied karate in elementary school.
I dont blame you Mark, you got to be proud! 😍