Patricia Wakida is the editor of two publications on the Japanese American experience, Only What We Could Carry: The Japanese …
Nina Nobuko Wallace is the Media and Outreach Manager at Densho. Nina is a yonsei and aspiring J-town auntie based …
Christy Wallover is a project assistant in Armed Forces History and a graduate of The George Washington University Museum Studies …
Thomas (Tom) Walls has a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently Chief of …
Mori Walts is a trans gender non binary, mixed Nikkei brain injury survivor and sometime Taiko player who makes comics …
Oliver Wang is a professor of sociology at CSU-Long Beach and the author of Legions of Boom: Filipino American Mobile …
Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is a second-generation Chinese American from California who now divides her time between Michigan and the Big …
Xueyou Wong (she/they) is the daughter of immigrants from China. She grew up in the Midwest, the West Coast, and …
Writer/designer, Pam Ward just released her poetry book Between Good Men & No Man At All (World Stage Press). She’s …
Born in Shizuoka, Japan, at the foot of Mount Fuji, Toshi Washizu never climbed his native country’s highest peak. Instead, …
Yoshika Wason is a teacher, poet, and storyteller. She is a mixed race Japanese American Nisei who has called Connecticut, …
Terry Watada is a Toronto writer with many publications to his credit including two novels, The Three Pleasures (Anvil Press, …
Bill Watanabe is the founding Executive Director of the Little Tokyo Service Center. Since 1980 he has guided its growth, …
Former intern and journalist for the North American News Agency. While studying abroad at the University of Washington, he participated …
Born in Tokyo, he has been living in São Paulo, Brazil since July 2007. He graduated from the Department of …
A writer/editor living in Seattle, North America. Currently a freelancer, she covers and writes about Seattle-related topics. Her areas of …
Tessa Watanabe is a fourth generation Japanese American Muslim woman living in Seattle. She goals in life are to travel …
The late José Watanabe (1946-2007) is one of Peru’s most beloved contemporary poets. Along with his numerous articles, children’s books …
Born in Tokyo in 1945. Went to a Japanese primary school, English grammar school (journalist father assigned to London), and …
Born and raised in Los Angeles. Lived in Little Tokyo as a child and attended Lumbini Kindergarten. Moved to the …
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