Chikako Sassa '95            Biography

Chikako Sassa was born in Tokyo, Japan, and pursued a bilingual education at The American School in Japan from grades 7 to 12.  She attended Cornell University from 1995 to 1999, where she majored in cultural anthropology and spent a year abroad in Nepal.  After graduating magna cum laude, a 6-month internship at the Japan International Cooperation Agency deepened her interests in international development and environmental planning, which led to her matriculation at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT.

She has worked as a staff writer for The Tech, the MIT student newspaper, and as a contributing writer to magazines such as the URISA Journal, Catamaran, Lokvani, Projections, JAZZNIN, and most recently The Ambassador.  Investing in her love of theater, she delighted in belonging to two theater groups while residing in Boston, for which she performed, directed, and served as a board member.

Chikako currently works at the Early Learning Center as the receptionist while moonlighting as a freelance writer in Tokyo. 

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