I decided to run for president to restore the Soul of America

He became the heart of AADAP over the 50 years that he was the director.Mike gave his life to this agency.

yet we treated each other with mutual respect.I was a lot of trouble to keep as a friend … I couldnt drive (Mike tried to teach me but I wrecked his friends car and a parked car).Mike was also a brilliant strategic thinker without a traditional strategic plan.

He would come into the office and push all of us to be the best we can be.leaving an enduring legacy of transformation.

he taught me a few ‘A word lessons such as ask.

Another favorite joke he loved was that I was very familiar with the TC before it became the TC.The rooms were heated with a pot-bellied stove.

so Id go to the coal pile to get the coal and bring it back to the apartment to burn.everybody around me was Caucasian.

members of the Mochida family wait for a bus to take them to camp.I was doing a lot of the training.