Julia Kuwahara a 2014 grad of Brown University

Julia Kuwahara graduated from Brown University in Providence, R.I. on May 26, 2014. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics.

She is the granddaughter of the late John and Mildred Deife of Odessa, and the daughter of Masato Kuwahara and Monica Deife of Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. She grew up in Japan and tells of very fond memories of spending summers in Odessa, playing at the pool and going to Grange picnics.

At Brown, Kuwahara was the general manager of the school's newspaper, the Brown Daily Herald. As the general manager, Kuwahara was in charge of ad sales, managing the...