Kimberly Fulfs, a 2000 Morningside College graduate from Plattsmouth, Neb., has been hired as an exchange teacher in Yamanashi City, Japan, beginning in March. Yamanashi City is the Japanese sister city of Sioux City.

Kimberly Fulfs, a 2000 Morningside College graduate from Plattsmouth, Neb., has been hired as an exchange teacher in Yamanashi City, Japan, beginning in March. Yamanashi City is the Japanese sister city of Sioux City.

Fulfs’ responsibilities with the Yamanashi City public schools will include assisting with English language instruction at a junior high school and assisting with English oral communication at primary/elementary schools. Fulfs also will be involved with seminars for English language teachers and local international exchange activities.

Fulfs, a native of Council Bluffs, Iowa, graduated from Morningside with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a minor in French. Most recently, she worked as an English teacher and leader for a summer camp program near Prague in the Czech Republic. She also worked at the Little Mole International Preschool of Prague. Her overseas teaching experience also includes English as a second language instruction at Gibson Youth Academy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Morningside College and the Sioux City Community School District cooperated with Yamanashi City public schools to hire someone for the exchange teacher position.