Kaiden Uyeda is an aspiring musician who currently attends Bellevue High School. He is not only a member of his …
Amy Uyeki is a visual artist who lives and works in Arcata, California. Recently she and her mother, Aiko Uyeki, …
Amy Uyematsu was a sansei poet and teacher from Los Angeles. She had six published collections, including her most recent, …
Nancy Uyemura was born and raised in Los Angeles, a Sansei, with degrees from both UCLA and USC, as well …
Ashley Valdes is a Los Angeles native born and raised in the Echo Park neighborhood. She is a first-generation Latina …
Miguel Ángel Vallejo Sameshima. Bachelor of Literature from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima. Director of the literary …
Jonathan van Harmelen is currently a Ph.D student in history at UC Santa Cruz specializing in the history of Japanese-American …
Constantine N. Vaporis received Ph.D. in history at the Princeton University. He currently teaches Japanese and East Asian History at …
Stephanie Varela is a senior English and Comparative Literary Studies major at Occidental College and a native Angelino who specializes …
Kyomi Vargas Hoshi was born in Lima in 1996. She is a cat lover, linguist, singer, and fourth-generation Nikkei. She …
Rogelio Vargas Rodríguez has a degree in International Relations from the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the National …
Natasha Varner, PhD, is a historian and writer with bylines at Public Radio International, Jacobin, and Radical History Review’s online …
Sandra Vea is a graduate of the University of Washington and Western Washington University. She was worked as a public …
My name is José Antonio Vilca, but everyone knows me as 'Chiqui'. My family is a mix of artists and …
After working for a publishing company and a content production company, he went freelance in 2004. In addition to interviewing …
David Wagner was born and raised in Los Angeles. During middle school and high school, he moved around to many …
Born in 1936. Mother of three. Worked in the accounting department of San Joquin County, California for 30 years. Founded …
Arturo Wakabayashi is a civil engineer. He is a third generation Nikkei, born in Lima. Paternal grandparents are immigrants from …
After completing her B.A. and M.A. at Kyoto University, Japan, and her PhD at Indiana University, Bloomington, Naoko Wake joined …
Yukiya Jerry Waki works as an advocate for re-envisioning nutrition programs in schools. He moonlights as a spoken word artist, …
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