Winter Always Turns to Spring A Memoir: My Triumphant Journey Sachiko Takata Bailey

Bailey, Sachiko Takata: - Dr. Akemi Bailey-Haynie is a dynamic diversity/ multicultural trainer, facilitator, consultant and humanistic adult educator. She has devoted much of her efforts towards broadening the perspective of over 250,000 educators, administrators, policy makers, social service and corporate personnel, throughout America; helping them understand diversity, multicultural and equity issues.

She's been an educator for the past 32 years, teaching elementary to graduate students in numerous learning institutions throughout the Midwest. She has extensive expertise in the areas of training, facilitation, curriculum development, and evaluation. Currently, a Curriculum Specialist for the City Colleges of Chicago and an adjunct professor for the University of St. Francis teaching future principals and superintendents issues surrounding diversity and educational change. Her focus has always been grounded in the education & empowerment of humanity.

Her mother joined the Soka Gakkai in 1965, when she was 2 years old. The (SGI) has over 12 million members in 192 countries and territories world-wide; whose purpose is the promotion of peace, culture and education. Being an African-American Japanese, a proud wife and mother of two sons, gives her a unique perspective and wealth of experiences that serve as an asset to her outstanding character and distinguished personality.