yet Japanese culture was thriving.

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.

she was sent to Santa Anita Assembly Center in May 1942 with her father.

he was the oldest of four children.By MARY ANN TAKEMOTOThis weeks Rafu includes our special education issue.

It was a great honor for me when former students established a scholarship in my name in the Asian American Studies Department.first-generation AAPI students and in Long Beach.

This organization served as another important professional organization for me and I would serve as a board member later in my career.It was a director position in the Counseling Center that would provide new challenges and an opportunity to grow professionally.