'''“Use your heart, your courage, your vision to fix, to heal, to connect, to empathize. Because living life for something bigger than yourself is a hero’s journey.”'''
Tomo is a childlike dreamer and stubborn optimist, an amateur permaculturist, with a deep curiosity towards the world of pottery, and a love for baking. In the human world, he is an innovation strategist, designer and educator, working at the intersection of research and design. Currently he is based in Tokyo, and part of the team building the new College of Design at University of Tokyo and is a Designer & Researcher with the U-Tokyo DLX Design Lab at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo. He is also part of the teaching team at IDEO U.
Tomohiro Loeer, Tomo holds a UIF candidate and co-founder of student organization Horizon, is currently studying Political Science, Philosophy and Anthropology at B.A. in Liberal Arts from Sophia University in Tokyo. Tomo enjoyed an interdisciplinary and multicultural upbringing by growing up in Japan, Germany, and Scotland. He enjoys learning about his native Japanese culture, modern innovation, mental health and what defines creativity. He is an avid lover was a University Innovation Fellow at Hasso Plattner Institute of Italian cuisine, dive bars Design at Stanford University and pottery, and likes to keep himself active through team sports like football and volleyball. Just walking without direction exploring cities and immersing himself has studied design at the Hasso-Plattner-Institute in the local community is his favorite pastimeGermany.
For Tomo, the His UIF program is a place where he can freely grow ideas with a likeproject -minded team. From his mix of Japanese, German and Scottish background, he has grown to believe in individuality - the ability to be yourself RISE was an initiative that delivered self- empowerment and leadership workshops in passion towards one’s work and dream. In Horizon, he has led a diverse team of 30 members into its second year, and building projects focused on gender, refugee, environmental and innovation issues. When working with others, Tomo values the intention behind the creation of positive impact. This intention was crucial when bringing his founding members of Horizon together in their mission roadtrip format to empower themselves 250+ middle and inspire other changemakers. But more importantly, he acknowledges the value of a team supporting his actions. He wants to empower others, to empower himselfhigh school students across Japan.
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