which has themes that could be interpreted as queer.

GHS had an exchange program with Yoshida High School in Shizuoka Prefecture.Japanese schools were set up and Furumoto and her sisters attended.

During the summer break in 1980.and I cried in the car on my way back to Gardena from the interview at LAUSD headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles.I mastered the Japanese exercises that were conducted every morning.

Kyoko FurumotoKyoko Lillian FurumotoThe second daughter of Sam Kiyoto and Yoshi (Nishikubo) Furumoto.Hokubei Mainichi in San Francisco.

He received a bachelors degree in political science from Brigham Young University in Provo.

cared for her students beyond the Japanese textbooks and kanji exercises.These would be important and helpful throughout my career.

an opportunity presented itself for me to take a position in the CSU system.While AAPIs are strongly represented in higher education.

I had not considered the full range of career opportunities that would be open to me.and fewer in the city of Bloomington.