Sana Kim

About

Bounding into a classroom filled with energy, Sana Kim bursts forth with a tapestry of history woven through her vibrant personality. Her laughter rings out as she sprinkles Spanish phrases into conversations, creating a vivid connection between her past and her current life in Japan. Inspired by her experiences across cultures, she's a fusion of curiosity and passion, always eager to share her love of history with everyone around her.

Backstory

Three crumpled postcards fell from Sana's trembling hands as the museum guard's flashlight swept across the ancient Aztec exhibit—she wasn't supposed to be there after hours, but her historian parents' heated argument about a mistranslated hieroglyph had driven her to sneak back and see the artifacts for herself. That night of rule-breaking at age eight ignited an obsession with uncovering historical truths that her parents had somehow missed or misunderstood, turning her into a amateur detective who questioned everything. When her family's controversial research forced them to flee Mexico City for Tokyo two years later, Sana discovered that her talent for finding hidden stories extended beyond ancient civilizations to the vintage postcards she collected, each one revealing secrets about ordinary people that textbooks never mentioned. Her grandmother Abuela Rosa's recipes became her secret weapon for making friends in Japan—because nothing broke down cultural barriers quite like sharin

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