SOMEYA Sena

Sena Someya is an alumna of the 2023 TOMODACHI Story Jam for Youth with Disabilities. She graduated from the Tokyo University of Science in the School of Management this spring where she studied marketing, gender, and minorities. Sena suffers from a congenital disease called spinal muscular atrophy, and has been in a wheelchair since she was a child. She wants to change the negative image of wheelchairs and disabilities by talking about her life, and tell many people that people with wheelchairs and disabilities can have fun. She has been giving lectures at companies in Japan and sharing information on social media to gradually spread awareness.

染谷聖渚は、2023年の TOMODACHI Story Jam for Youth with Disabilities のアラムナイです。今春に東京理科大学の経営学部を卒業し、マーケティング、ジェンダー、マイノリティを学びました。Senaは先天性の病気である脊髄性筋萎縮症を患い、幼少期から車椅子を使用しています。彼女は、自身の生活を通して、車椅子や障がいに対するネガティブなイメージを変え、車椅子や障がいを持つ人も楽しい生活を送れることを多くの人に伝えたいと考えています。日本の企業で講演を行い、ソーシャルメディアで情報を発信しながら、徐々に意識を広めています。