Hirahara was nominated for the Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery along with Cheryl Head (Times Undoing).

RISING STARS 20 PARTICIPANTThe Rising Stars Youth Leadership Program is a five-month leadership program with the focus of enabling Asian American high school students to develop lifetime skills.the RS20 group was tasked with organizing a miniature golf tournament to raise funds for the next generation of the program.

I really learned about communication since it is so important.followed by second and third-place winners Selah Shimazaki andSo Hart.The program started in October 2023 and ends in April 2024.

com or visit the Rising Stars Program website: www.It was one of my highlights of 2024 and I hope I can return next year with my RS20 friends and golf.

establish a deeper sense of cultural awareness.

To make the tournament possible.which organized fundraising events to support the association.

She met her husband George a few years before the war.The group sent the hosiery to the war widows.

When she decided to transport many of these children to South America.Her first involvement was with a group of women in Los Angeles.