Living With History | Sonnet Takahisa with Michael Conniff

Living With History — a deeply personal conversation between Michael Conniff and Sonnet Takahisa exploring identity, belonging, education, museums, and the evolving meaning of community across generations.From growing up as a Japanese-Jewish child in Brooklyn to helping build innovative museum-based learning programs in New York City, Sonnet reflects on the experiences that shaped her life and career. The discussion also touches on Harvard in the 1970s, Asian American identity, public education, the 9/11 Memorial Museum, and the resilience required to navigate change, loss, and illness with grace.This episode is thoughtful, honest, and full of humanity — a conversation about memory, culture, purpose, and what it means to leave a meaningful impact on the world around us.Listen to the full conversation on Substack and join the Fifty by Fifty journey through the lives of the Harvard Class of 1976.#Harvard1976 #LivingWithHistory #MichaelConniff #SonnetTakahisa #Substack #Storytelling #MuseumEducation #AsianAmericanStories #HarvardAlumni #Education #Community #History