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Aki Ukita

Aki Ukita is Yanko Design's creative strategist and content curator. After earning her Bachelor of Science in Biology and Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of North Texas, she went to work as a research technician at a medical research lab in Nagoya. Aki's first editorial experience started when she wrote for SlashGear, where eventually, she became an editor for SlashGear Japan.

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