Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb to the top of Mt. Everest and the Seven Summits-which are the highest peaks on all seven continents-has come to address American audiences about her work with the Fukushima Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Programs. She will recount her life as a child growing up in Fukushima and her early years as a world class mountain climber. In 1975, it was a daunting challenge for a woman to get to the top of Everest, but this ordinary Japanese housewife learned long ago, “you can get there if you go step by step.”