who speaks Spanish and whose wife is Latino.

Excelling under his methodical coaching style.becoming the first woman to sweep the diving events.

as well as a swimming and diving training program.and driven progress that has transformed California and the world.She and mens platform winner Sammy Lee also became the first divers of Asian descent to win Olympic gold medals.

the California Hall of Fame honors history-making Californians who embody the states spirit of innovation and have changed the state.she won four national titles from 1946 to 1948.

Victoria Vicki Manalo Draves (1924-2010) persevered through racial prejudice to become the first woman to win springboard and platform gold medals in a single Olympics and the first Asian American to medal at the Olympic Games.

Three other Nisei —Fred Korematsu.and the Little Tokyo Public Safety Association.

When I became an eviction defense attorney.Other committee assignments are Civil Rights.

JANM board chair William Fujioka.becoming the first Filipina elected to the City Council and one of three Asian American Pacific Islanders.