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Mirai Nagasu
Mirai is a 2011 graduate from Capistrano Connections Academy (CapoCA). She lives in Arcadia, California. Mirai is an Olympic level figure skater who loves to hang out with friends and read.
When she was five years old, a rainy day in Southern California turned out to be a propitious event for Mirai when her mother, Ikuko, decided to take her ice skating instead of heading to the links. Mirai reminisces, “That’s when I knew I wanted to keep skating…bye, bye golf!”
Through hard work, success followed when in 2008, Mirai became the second youngest in history to win the U.S. senior ladies figure skating title . The year 2009 was also momentous: she changed her coach to Frank Carroll and transferred to Capistrano Connections Academy that “allowed me to follow my extensive training schedule without the stress of missing so many school days.” Mirai explained further, “The online learning system let me take ‘school’ with me all over the world and I could choose when and where to do my schoolwork.” A recent graduate, Mirai has been accepted at the University of California, Irvine.
After representing the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics and placing fourth, her goal is to take part in and medal at the 2012 games. “I think the timing will be good since I’ll be 20 and have the experience and maturity.” Mirai’s name means future in Japanese, and hers seems very bright.
“I like Connections Academy because the online learning system let me take ‘school’ with me all over the world and I could choose when and where to do my schoolwork.”
–Mirai
Graduate of Capistrano Connections Academy
U.S. Olympic Figure Skater