Courtesy of Nobuko Saito Cleary
The former first lady of Japan, Kayoko Hosokawa, center, brought children with autism from Japan for a U.S.-Japan “Friendship Concert” at the Community School of Music and Arts in 2014. Los Altos Hills resident Nobuko Saito Cleary, left, and Vickie Scott Grove, CSMA executive director, flank Hosokawa.
Nobuko Saito Cleary has been a bridge builder for most of her 50 years in the United States. The longtime Los Altos Hills resident has spread the culture of her native Japan to local institutions such as Hidden Villa, the Los Altos History Museum and the Community School of Music and Arts, and has produced documentaries that carry messages of empathy and understanding.