Sabrina Ishimatsu

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Sabrina Ishimatsu

  • Sales Manager
  • Event Coordinator
  • Instructor, Stanford e-Takatsuki

616 Jane Stanford Way
Encina Hall, E005
Stanford, CA 94305-6060

(650) 723-2410 (voice)
(650) 723-6784 (fax)

Biography

Sabrina Ishimatsu is the Event Coordinator and Distance Learning Instructor for the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE). Prior to joining SPICE in 2012, she assisted Professor Gi-Wook Shin and Ambassador Michael Armacost at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC). She has experience working in the private and international public sectors including the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, the Little Tokyo Service Center Community Development Corporation, and Compuware Corporation. Sabrina is also a former teacher on the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program.

As the Event Coordinator, she organizes SPICE events including the Hana-Stanford Conference on Korea for Secondary School Teachers, award ceremonies, and various visits by high school and college students from Japan. As a Distance Learning Instructor, she is leading the SPICE/Stanford e-Course on Global Health for Takatsuki High School.

Sabrina received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business and Public Administration at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington.

Sabrina is a former board member of the following organizations: JET Alumni Association of Northern California, JET Alumni Association of Southern California, and Gemini Crickets Parents of Multiples Club of Silicon Valley. 

In The News

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Blogs

2026 SPICE/NCTA Summer Institute Engages Middle School Educators in East Asian and Asian American Studies

The Summer Institute was made possible by the Freeman Foundation.
2026 SPICE/NCTA Summer Institute Engages Middle School Educators in East Asian and Asian American Studies
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News

The 2026 Stanford/SPICE East Asia Seminars for Teachers in Hawai‘i Summer Institute

The East-West Center co-hosted the Stanford/Freeman SEAS Hawai‘i Fellows from July 22 to 24, 2026.
The 2026 Stanford/SPICE East Asia Seminars for Teachers in Hawai‘i Summer Institute
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Blogs

Local High School Students Present Their Research Papers on International Security to CISAC Security Experts Dr. Harold Trinkunas, Dr. Kevin Bustamante, and Dr. Xunchao Zhang

Students from Los Gatos, San Jose, Salinas, and Watsonville—taught by Dr. Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez—met on May 21, 2026 for the fifth annual International Security Symposium.
Local High School Students Present Their Research Papers on International Security to CISAC Security Experts Dr. Harold Trinkunas, Dr. Kevin Bustamante, and Dr. Xunchao Zhang