Samples are created out of scrap fabric thats similar in weight to the real fabric due to the scarcity of the original material.

Yoshimuras own 40-year tenure at LTSC and her decades of work towards making the Terasaki Budokan a reality were honored last November with the dedication of the Evelyn Yoshimura Friendship Garden at the facility.Kosumosu Transitional Housing for Survivors of Domestic Violence.

Joseph Nunn is also pictured behind them at the UCLA Social Welfare Joseph A.Both awardees graduated from UCLA with Master of Social Work degrees: Watanabe in 1972.she designed and developed five programs: Nikkei Family Counseling Program.

The ceremonys location at the Terasaki Budokan was meaningful.Photo by KATHEE YAMAMOTOBill Watanabe.

LTSC became a leader in community-based housing and economic development.

including current UCLA faculty members.she came out of retirement to assist the director of special education in the Wiseburn School District part-time until she completely retired in 2013.

She enjoyed a successful career teaching English as a second language in junior and middle schools for the Los Angeles Unified School District.Shirota and her husband remained together for 28 years until his death.

joining with performances in Las Vegas and New York.Shirotas grandfather died in the camp.