BIO: Stephanie is a Taiwanese, Iberian, and Irish author and anthropologist. Her first book Shanghai Seduction explores the return migration of Chinese Westerners to Shanghai, China. She is currently writing a book on the pandemic and the microcosmic nature of her personal journey with the virus, disability, and near death. Stephanie is also a feng shui healer and lay leader of the Nichiren Buddhist Kannon Temple of Nevada.

ROOTS: Taiwan

FRUIT: Stephanie’s mastery of nestling in closely with her community wherever she is in the world, is now cultivating her approach to rooted wellness.

INFO: https://stephanietsaikarlik.com https://www.instagram.com/stephanietsaikarlik/

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BIO: Lindsay Arakawa is a creative currently living in Tokyo, Japan. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, she later moved to the Bay Area to attend college and then moved to Brookyln, NY where she worked as a social media strategist for Refinery29. Wanting to learn more about her family’s culture and background, she moved to Tokyo in 2018.

ROOTS: Japan

FRUIT: Through photography and illustration, Lindsay documents the questions and discoveries that surface from her everyday life in Japan.

INFO: https://www.lindsayarakawa.com https://www.instagram.com/blindsaay/ https://twitter.com/blindsaay https://www.lindsayarakawa.com/shop

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BIO: Ranmalee is a Sri Lankan Tamil and Sinhala author, mother, educator in transformational justice and equity minded pedagogy, and medicine maker. She currently lives with her beloved and 3 children on the occupied traditional land of the Tongva people aka Long Beach, CA.

ROOTS: Sri Lanka

FRUIT: As author of Roots and Rivers, Ranmalee explores her personal history, lineage, cultural identity, and the land from which she comes.

INFO: https://www.rootsnrivers.com/ https://www.instagram.com/vedaspices/ https://www.instagram.com/rootsnrivers/

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BIO: Cultural conservationist and storyteller, sharing secrets from the Japanese countryside with the world.

ROOTS: Japan

FRUIT: Storytelling Japanese food culture, beyond cooking and eating. Sharing the tale of socio-political, historical, and cultural idiosyncrasies and wisdom that is unique to Japanese cookery, agriculture, and the larger food system.

INFO: https://momokonakamura.com/