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Peruvian sansei with Okinawan background. Now she works as a freelance translator (English/Spanish), freelance writer and designer for Chimujusan (“courageous” in uchinaaguchi), a brand developed together with her boyfriend. She writes for her blog Jiritsu.

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My name is Roberto Oshiro Teruya, I am an electronic engineer by profession, but I am also a trader. I live in Lima, Peru. My grandparents came from Okinawa. My interest is to find out about my roots.

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4th generation Asian American, Ryūkyū (Okinawa) x Japan (Fukuoka) roots

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Ava Sakura @sakurava

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Ava Sakura is a Gosei living in the Greater Toronto Area and an undergraduate at Humber College, where she studies writing. Though she grew up knowing very little about her Japanese heritage, a foray into her family’s genealogy led her down a rabbit hole about Japanese Canadian history and public education in Ontario. Since then, Japanese Canadian history has become a major focus of her work. Ava’s writing on Japanese Canadian heritage won an Excellence in Storytelling award earlier this year.

Ava is currently a volunteer Assistant Editor with Discover Nikkei, where she is gaining experience with many aspects of our project and writing a series on her journey through her Japanese Canadian heritage. Stay tuned as we publish her articles over the next few months! Ava is also keeping busy this summer as Heritage Research and Collections Assistant at Toronto’s Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.

How did you learn about Discover Nikkei? Why did you decide to become a volunteer?

In the third year of my writing degree, I did a deep dive into Japanese Canadian history. I learned a lot through scholarly writing and books, but even more through Canadian Discover Nikkei writers, whose stories extended past history books and academic papers into real, tangible experiences. The next logical step was to dive into this community through writing and reading, and as a volunteer, I get to do both!

Why is it important to you to share Japanese Canadian history with a wider audience?

It’s important to me that when someone wonders why we don’t have a Little Tokyo, they think about it more deeply than brushing it off as a coincidence. We’re often told that Canada’s one of the most diverse and inclusive countries in the world, but we don’t look back on what Canada once was, what it was founded on, or how we got here. The echoes of Japanese Canadian internment ring loudly in the scattered communities across the country, in our elders’ reluctance to tell their stories, and in the Yonsei and Gosei left with little family history to cling to. Knowing where they originated from is just as crucial as hearing them.

Discover Nikkei Updates

DISCOVER NIKKEI PROGRAM

July 12 • Burnaby, British Columbia
Join us for a book talk, reception, and panel discussion on Japanese Canadian history. The panel discussion will also be live-streamed via Zoom!

NIKKEI CHRONICLES #14

Nikkei Family 2: Remembering Roots, Leaving Legacies
Baachan, grandpa, tía, irmão… what does Nikkei family mean to you? Submit your story!

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