Alyctra Matsushita
My name is Alyctra Matsushita. I'm going to be a fourth year at the University of California, Santa Barbara, finishing with a double major in English and Asian American Studies. I enjoy reading, creative writing, listening to music, hanging out with friends, and tanning at the beach.
Updated August 2011
Stories from This Author
Dancing for Dango
Aug. 18, 2011 • Alyctra Matsushita
As a child, Little Tokyo was my stomping grounds. My mom was a member of the Little Tokyo Library, and it felt like every other weekend we made the hot car ride into LA just so I could sit in the back of her meetings with my coloring books. After the meetings, my brother and I loved playing on the huge two-rock sculpture in front of the JACCC. We frequented the JANM, visiting the Children’s Courtyard so we could see …