and their parents pose during the 2023 Nisei Week Parade.

It began as an interdisciplinary program in 1991 and the Asian American Studies Department was formally approved in 2003.it was never my intention to become an academic administrator.

sometimes people forget that he had a mainstream job as associate vice president of student services at CSULB.My portfolio became broader and I oversaw a range of services including Health Services.I feel extremely grateful to have had a fulfilling career in higher education in both the UC and CSU systems.

this unique program sponsored by LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics) and APAHE aims to increase the number of AAPI educators in top leadership positions.furthering my interest in the field.

I planned to follow in the footsteps of my older siblings and study biology in college.

it was quite a shock living in rural southern Indiana.Shamisen: Matsutoyo-Miki Sato.

is led by Naomi Ozawa (president).Oboe: Dora Lee and Jacob HuPerkins.

The North Torrance Young Musicians Ensemble or nTyme.Okiiwai Ondo from Shimane Prefecture.