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Ken Yanai Flores

Ken Yanai Flores

Sophomore, Environmental Science and Theology

California Lutheran University

Ken Yanai Flores (they/them) is a sophomore at California Lutheran University, majoring in Environmental Science and Theology. They were born and raised in Japan and moved to the U.S. for college. Their hobbies include drinking tea, making spreadsheets and playing strategy games.

Published Articles

Reflection

On the Power of Transformation and Becoming Human

Ken Yanai Flores

No. 59 · Spring 2024

Flores, a Cal Lutheran sophomore, reflects on personal and institutional transformation as the slow work of shedding the armor of trauma responses, engaging discomfort rather than turning away, and trusting that the work of becoming more human — more empathetic, knowledgeable, and free — will be reflected in our institutions as well.

Ken Yanai Flores

Published Articles

On the Power of Transformation and Becoming Human