wasabipress (a.k.a Patricia Wakida) is a Yonsei writer, artist, and cultural worker. She was born in the Year of the Dog in San Diego, California and raised between Honolulu, Hawaii and Fresno, California. She has contributed a couple of articles to Discover Nikkei and is now helping us to organize the Itadakimasu! project. Without her, we would’t have been able to launch the project.