Shin Fujiyama

Shin Fujiyama is a Japanese-American philanthropist who co-founded Students Helping Honduras.

Fujiyama was born in a small fishing village in Japan. He graduated from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 2007 with a Bachelor's degree in International Affairs and Pre-medicine. He and his sister, Cosmo Fujiyama, incorporated Students Helping Honduras in 2007 after visiting Honduras on a service learning trip for the first time. Shin speaks four languages fluently: Japanese, English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Awards

 * Changing Our World/Simms Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy, Ages 18–23
 * CNN Heroes 2009 Award