By JUNKO YOSHIDASPECIAL TO THE RAFUThis is the latest in a series of reports about the history of the first known immigrants from Japan to North America.

I am a grateful beneficiary of luck and timing throughout my career that ultimately allowed me to merge my profession with my passion for wine.The challenge of this preparation is to position yourself in your career path to maximize options and to optimize the chances of taking advantage of luck and timing in seizing future opportunities.

Developing competencies such as big-picture strategic thinking can open the door to future possibilities.Impact does not require changing the entire world.but fulfillment comes when your decisions are anchored in purpose.

and using your skills in service of something larger than yourself.and work to keep government services effective and accessible.

be mindful that your first job out of college or grad school doesnt define you — its your starting point within your lifes career mosaic.

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Not just in my life or our families lives.Ava and Avery; many nieces and nephews.

Today we remember a very special man.daughter Kristi and her husband Bret Hedican.