Mia Russell
Mia Russell is the Executive Assistant at JANM, and also manages the Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium. Previously, she was Executive Director of Friends of Minidoka, the Idaho-based nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the Minidoka incarceration site. Russell earned a B.A. in the humanities from Soka University of America and an M.A. in Applied Historical Research from Boise State University. For her graduate thesis, she developed Minidoka NHS, a walking tour mobile app for Minidoka National Historic Site. She is a co-author of Minidoka National Historic Site (Images of America).
Updated June 2022
Stories from This Author
Thanks a Million, Norm!
June 20, 2022 • Mia Russell , Helen Yoshida
Norman Y. Mineta, Board of Trustees Chair at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), was a fount of inspiration for the younger generation. An extraordinary leader and mentor, Secretary Mineta inspired careers in a range of disciplines, exemplified kindness and diplomacy, and recognized the potential in everyone. His light lives on in all of us. On Saturday, June 25, 2022, JANM will host a Celebration of Life in his honor. Read on for our memories of Norm and more details …
