Dawn holds a doctorate in social work from USC and has dedicated 31 years of education as a teacher.

After the war in 1947 my brother Benny immigrated to the U.We may not have been born if she had stayed in the village and had lived under communism.

By Bill YeeFrom Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic.My grandma died the year I was born.It was during this period that there was a revision of the immigration laws that allowed American citizens of Chinese descent to bring their wives and children from China.

It took three years for my mom to finally arrive in San Francisco in 1952.It changed her life! In China she was the wife of a wealthy overseas Chinese man.

my father prospered enough to return to China in 1937 to find a wife and later build a house.

The circumstances of my family would have been completely different if World War II and the creation of the Peoples Republic of China had not happened.who recognized Kuramotos talent and her ability to emotionally connect to the music.

These fellows build bridges across communities.dancer Gertrude Yukie Tsutsumi.

including a visit to the White House.Gwichin fiddler from Arctic Village.