Naomi Faletti-introduction


Hi my name is Naomi. I am taking Marine Biology course as part of the direct transfer requirement to the University of Washington. In the class, I would like to learn about marine life particularly in the Pacific Northwest to understand the habitat and relation to the environment we create today. Once I transfer to the University of Washington, I am planning to pursue a degree at the Jackson School of International Studies. My great interest is government policy in relation to economy and humanity. My goal is to become an expert in the area of U.S. and Japan relations in the past and future. I do not know anything about marine systems. Although, I have experienced on private ship with divers on board around Anacortes one summer. It was amazing to see sea otters, whales so close and feel touch live sea creachers like sea urchin, star fish, anemone, jelly fish, and crabs. The life of plankton, algae, and coral leaf is interesting in how they closely interact with quality of water. But, I have very limited knowledge about their life existence in the sea and have no particular favorite organism.    

I like to travel, go to museums, play piano, salsa dancing, cooking new recipes, and entertain with friends and family learning new things. I am a Japanese native and my love of Cherry Blossoms comes from Japanese tradition where I grew up. While I was in Washington D. C. during spring break, the first thing I wanted to do was to capture their famous Tidal Basin Cherry Blossoms at the Jefferson Memorial as soon as I landed. The timing this year was just right to do that. There was an artist with easel and paint brush capturing the moment of natural beauty. I wish I could paint…but, I am an artist at heart.
This all relates to my personal passion of humanity, nature, culture, and people as they represent everything I do. A good example is the appreciation and understanding of the history behind the Washington D.C. Cherry Trees which is deeply-rooted to Japan and U.S. relations. This gives me a great appreciation to the people in the past to present. There was great effort put in to sustaining the health and the beauty of the Cherry Trees since 1910 by so many people in the U.S. and Japan for many years. I hope it will last for many future generations to come.

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  1. I just recently started to become interested in Cherry Blossom trees. It's nice to hear some knowledge of the trees and someone's first hand experience with them.

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