Amelia Ino
Amelia Ino is a PhD student at UCLA, where she studies Comparative Literature. Her focus is on the field of Memory Studies, specializing in immigrant and migrant stories and storytelling. In her free time she loves exploring Los Angeles, learning Japanese, and hanging out with her cat, Yoji.
Updated August 2023
Stories from This Author
Gwen Muranaka’s Drawing by Heart: Cartoons to Spark Conversation and Creativity
Nov. 10, 2023 • Amelia Ino
Gwen Muranaka is one of those rare individuals who is doing exactly the job they dreamed of as a kid. “I think as a kid I either wanted to be a cartoonist or a reporter,” she said, “and I’ve kind of been able to do both. So I’m really grateful to do the two things I’ve always had a love for!” Muranaka is senior editor of Little Tokyo’s The Rafu Shimpo daily newspaper and a cartoonist for The Hawaii Herald …
Rice, Race, and Growing up Hafu
Aug. 23, 2023 • Amelia Ino
“I thought they said there would be rice,” my brother whispered to me, eyeing the bowls on the table. I pointed to a bowl full of colorful Mexican-style rice and replied, “I think that’s the rice.” He shot me a disgusted look, and I reminded him that we had to eat everything they gave us with no complaining. Though he’s two years older than me, my brother was never as good at hiding what he was thinking as I was. …
