Entrevistas

1. Family’s Japanese roots and values

2. The lack of discussion about family’s incarceration in Amache

3. Her desire to help at-risk and dependent youth

4. Her motto came from her mother

5. Unique perspective that a judge can bring to community organizations

6. How she transitioned from anthropology to law

7. Mother founded Japanese language school in neighbors’ backyard

Wasserman,Fumiko Hachiya

Juíza Sansei do Tribunal Superior do Condado de Los Angeles na Califórnia

Unique perspective that a judge can bring to community organizations

I think being an attorney, or being a judge, in any organization, you can bring a perspective, an analysis that can help that organization.

By being a judge I was on the Torrance Symphony Board, because I really wanted to preserve music education in the schools. And by having the perspective I have, I can’t raise money, but I can come up with ideas of ways to have things happen.

On the Biomedical Research Institute Board, by being a judge, I brought a completely different perspective into this board that had some community members, but predominantly of doctors. And I think they realized the value of having someone with a legal background, because they expanded the board to include other attorneys and other judges since my term was up.

I think that we can bring our background to help organizations that we wish to — that are not in the legal field with — we can’t give legal advice, but we can guide them into thinking about areas that they never thought of in terms of their growth, their expansion, their mission statements, their goals.

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Data: July 27, 2018

Localização Geográfica: California, US

Entrevistado: Kiya Matsuno

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum; Japanese American Bar Association

Entrevistados

A juíza Fumiko Hachiya Wasserman é uma juíza Sansei do Tribunal Superior do Condado de Los Angeles, na Califórnia. Nasceu em Torrance, Califórnia, e cresceu na cidade de Harbor, Califórnia. Foi a primeira mulher asiática-americana contratada pelo escritório da Procuradoria dos EUA na Divisão Civil, a primeira autoridade minoritária eleita no Conselho Escolar de Torrance e a primeira juíza a servir no Instituto de Pesquisa Biomédica de Los Angeles. Atualmente, atua no tribunal de Los Padrinos como juíza local. Ela cresceu em um bairro diverso e acolhedor e sentia-se segura em ser nipo-americana. Ela é envolvida com a comunidade nipo-americana, trabalha para promover a diversidade e é mentora de advogados e juízes. (Junho de 2018)