Susan Okamoto Lane (She/Her/Hers)

Susan Okamoto Lane is a Sansei (third generation Japanese American), a baby boomer ("lightly seasoned" as one diplomatic young medical technician delicately described after seeing her birthdate). Susan is a wife, mother, sister, daughter, cousin, aunt, friend, mentor, and life-long learner. Some have described her as "the iron fist in the velvet glove", a sometimes confusing and surprising combination of her direct, even fearless communication, especially when advocating for others and the cultural indirect and conflict averse Japanese approach.