Biography
During Kate's mid-semester module trip to Japan, she proved herself a sharp-eyed observer, noting that people stay quiet on the metro, walk the streets in an orderly fashion, and are unfailingly helpful. "For those who love organization," says Kate, "Japan could be your Holy Grail."
Beyond the metro, Kate was game to take every form of transportation available, which includes buses, planes, bullet trains (which operate at 200 miles per hour), ropeways, and even a pirate ship on Lake Ashi. As she noted, impressed, "Everything was clean, on time, and advanced."
Most moving was the trip Kate made to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. There, she gained a far deeper understanding of the tragedy, one that left her convinced of the importance of preventing nuclear proliferation. As she says, "These are big thoughts and questions drawn from an intense experience, but that is the beauty of travel."