Ms. Mikami is Head of the Hiroshima Office of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), a position she has held since November 2023. With more than two decades of experience in international development, she has served in senior leadership roles across UNDP offices in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Before joining the United Nations system, she worked as a financial analyst at Citibank. She studied at the University of Tokyo and Columbia University, specializing in Latin American Studies and International Affairs.