All three novels are part of her Mas Arai mystery series.

Hiroyaki Sato and Maya Kashiwamura tied for second.But I have also gotten things out of the program that transcend the curriculum.

Rising Stars extends their congratulationsto the champion of the adult competition.I feel like I grow as a person every time I walk out of the program.The second-place prize of two Disneyland tickets went to Joshua Belda.

who was clearly having a ball at the Rising Stars Youth Leadership Programs annual tournament.Tournament co-organizers Mason Oku and Audrey Nishida served as emcees.

especially when everyone has such a large part to play.

Rising Stars has brought me an entire community of incredible people that I have been so lucky to have met and gotten really close with over the past five months.She is active in community organizations as editor of The Undergraduate Research Journal of Psychology at UCLA; student senator at Associated Students of Ca?ada College and junior officer of the Mariners Scout Troop Tradewind.

they both lost most of their possessions and family heirlooms.I grew up dissociated from my identity as a Japanese Filipina American woman and wish to discover who I am and take on a larger role within our community.

and the people I have met have shaped me more than anything else.Claire Inouye and Julianne Ho.