urging them to make amends for that terrible mistake.

the FDR Presidential Library and Museum.her resume is impressive with her work at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

and her wealth of knowledge has helped her to intervene on issues a fourth-generation Japanese American would normally know nothing about.Her tenacity afforded other Japanese American families the opportunity to tell their stories in the areas where they lived.She is also the last living Hirahara-surnamed descendant.

She and Shohei Ohtani were the only ones of Japanese descent listed among the honorees.Coast Community College District; and Patti Hirahara.

She is a great Japanese cook and can also speak Japanese.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of her becoming the first Miss Suburban Optimist/Orange County Nisei Queen to represent Orange County in Nisei Week in 1974.Former MCHS teacher and alum Chuck Currier created a local movement to get this monument dedicated in 2021 because the last piece of Uyematsus Manhattan Beach estate is where MCHS now sits.

was the opening reception for a new exhibit in the Boddy House library at Descanso GardensI was representing all the Nikkei in Torrance and the South Bay.

There have even been marriages.it always comes down to the basics.