Yui is passionate about playing sports, dancing, and helping with her community. She has volunteered with the San Francisco Japanese School to travel to Japan and aid the communities affected by the Great Tohoku Earthquake. She has also been a captain for her varsity basketball team, which allowed her to gain skills of leadership and hopes to carry those skills and gain new social and personal skills while she is in Ecuador. She is inspired by her hard working family to challenge herself and to become a helpful person for the world.