executive director of the Center for Community Media.

she became the first woman president of the ESGVJCC and served three terms.the social work staff grew to over 30 mental health therapists.

Changing Tides provides suicide prevention training and subsidized therapy for those in need.Barbara Shirota joined the West Covina Buddhist Temple when it first opened at the East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center (ESGVJCC).she continues to work for the preservation of historically important sites such as Tuna Canyon Detention Station in Tujunga and the Griffith Park Internment Camp.

She was an active member of the Women’s Auxiliary.She single-handedly contributes to the San Gabriel Valley JACL scholarship for high school students to fund an annual $1.

Throughout her over 45-year legal career.

and shared with the community and the world.later rescinded after his fall from grace.

They sat two rows behind us and when the film ended everyone mobbed him in the lobby.I was chaperoning the Marguerita School eighth-grade promotion party at a church when someone said O.

He sat in the corner by himself.There are two iconic celebrities who would be great characters in a Shakespearean tragedy…Americas Dad.