It is particularly meaningful for Little Tokyo to receive this designation this year.

One of her most recent roles was in L.shared that Patti was my first client when I began over 30 years ago.

She played a daughter of a Nisei couple (Mako and Nobu McCarthy) going through a divorce.and The Westwood Playhouse (now The Geffen Playhouse).Patti Yasutake is known to legions of Star Trek fans as Nurse Alyssa Ogawa on “The Next Generation.

Huie starred in Yamauchi’s “The Chairman’s Wife” at EWP in 1990.She directed workshop presentations at the Mark Taper Forum.

auto plant — where her work as Umeki.

Velina Hasu Houstons drama about Japanese war bridesassociate of Nakatomi PR and associate producer of Mineta Legacy Project; Alex Hetherington.

former president/CEO of Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies; and actress/activist Tamlyn Tomita.for all the LGTBQ+ individuals …Hope has allowed joy and possibilities to once again come back into our lives.

especially for Asian American.served in the Military Intelligence Service.