NORIYOSHI NEEDLE

Born in Kyoto, Japan and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, Noriyoshi is a 17 year old working for Future Focus Media, a member-owned business and youth training institute. Noriyoshi has been homeschooled or “unschooled” since the 3rd grade and has a great passion for alternative education, social justice, and community organizing. He has also been an organizer of all ages, sober, music shows in the underground music scene in Worcester since the age of 12. With his work, he hopes to empower other young people to take charge and create.