Isabel Yuriko Stenzel Byrnes is an author, social worker, health educator, patient advocate, and public speaker. Working for more than a decade with organizations such as the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University, Isabel has supported patients of all ages and their families. She has lectured widely to diverse constituencies at hospitals, medical schools, and conferences about cystic fibrosis, organ donation and transplantation, writing for healing, and various other physical and mental health topics.
Isabel Yuriko Stenzel Byrnes
Isabel Yuriko Stenzel Byrnes is an author, social worker, health educator, patient advocate, and public speaker. Working for more than a decade with organizations such as the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University, Isabel has support
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May 22, 2013
MomsRising offers a special opportunity to write about what prosperity and good fortune means for my family. My sister, Anabel Mariko (“Ana”) and I, Isabel Yuriko (“Isa”), were born in California to a German father and Japanese mother back in 1972. My mother always said, “Don’t forget where you come from,” so we grew up speaking Japanese in the home, eating Japanese food, and traveling to Japan regularly. With our Asian identity deeply engrained in who we are, we can appreciate how our fate has been blessed with good fortune and prosperity. Our stories are not typical of many other Asian...
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