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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 …

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