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Trinity Allen updated her particpation in the 2024 olympic games [1]

MIKELA ANCHETA[2][3][4] - Hiru

GIULIA ANDERSON[5] - Nathan

TITA AKIU [6][7][8][9] - Elizabeth

ELVA ADAMS[10][11][12] - Anya


Megumi Field (born circa 2005) is an olympic synchronized swimmer for the United States of America in the 2020 and 2024 Olympic games.

Field's began synchronized swimming when she was five years old.[13] In 2010, Field and her mother Naomi moved to Cerritos, California, so she could train at University of California Los Angeles.[14]

She was a member of Team USA for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[14][15] Field's won three silver medals at the Junior Pan American Games in 2021.[14][16] She is a member of Team USA for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

She is committed to Stanford University


Kahea "Kai" Gaspar

Gaspar earned their MA in English at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.[17] They earned their PhD from University of University of Hawai’i


They are a faculty member at the Oregan Coast Community College.[18]


Gaspar is featured in Hawai'i State Poet Laureate Brandy Nālani McDougall's book Finding Meaning Kaona and Contemporary Hawaiian Literature.[19]



V. Lanna Samaniego (born March 3, 1947) is Columbus based activist and advocate of Eastern Cherokee ancestry who was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame for her community work.[20]

Samaniego was born in March 3, 1947 in Coldwater, Ohio.[20] Samaniego is of Eastern Cherokee ancestry.[20]

In 1975, she served on the Governor's Health Council, where she advocated for better conditions for migrant farm workers.[20] She played a crucial role in opening Mercer County's first migrant daycare center and migrant service center.[20]

Beginning in 1979, Samaniego was a program coordinator for the for the North American Indian Cultural Center.[20][21] She helped run the NAICC's food pantry in Celina, Ohio.[22] Samaniego became the Executive Director of the North American Indian Cultural Center (NAICC) starting in 1999.[20]

In 2001, Samaniego was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame.

She was

Award of Excellence from the International Poetry Society

She served on the Board of Directors for the Ohio Federation for Health Equity and Social Justice.[23][24]



Mitchell Saron is a Filipino American right-handed sabre fencer. He is representing The United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Education

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Saron attended Harvard University, where he graduated in 2023.

Fencing

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Saron is Sabre

was the National Champion for the U.S. National Championships in 2019.

In 2024, Saron won a gold medal for the Men's Saber World Cup while he was representing Team USA. Saron will represent The United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

References

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Adejoké Bakare is a Nigerian-born chef and the first Black woman in the United Kingdom to become a Michelin-starred chef.[25][26]

In 2019, she won the Brixton Kitchen competition.[27] In September 2020, Bakare opened Chishuru, a pop-up restaurant in London that which specialises in modern West African cuisine. Chishuru would go on to have several other locations across London and in September 2023 settled in Fitzrovia.



Grace Aiko Nakamura (February 18, 1927 - May 30, 2017) was an activist, educator, and artist.[28] She was the first Japanese American teacher to be hired in the Pasadena Unified School District.[29]

Personal Life

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On February 18, 1927 Nakamura was born as Grace Aiko Shinoda in Los Angeles, California to Hide Watanabe and Kiyoshi Shinoda.[30][28][31][29] Her father, Kiyoshi, died when she was six years old.[29] Her brother was Larry Shinoda, who is known for designing the 1963 Stingray Corvette.[28][32] Nakamura and her brother were known to be avid drawers throughout their lives.[28][29][33][34] Her aunt was Megumi Yamaguchi Shinoda.[35]

In May 1942, Nakamura and her family were forcibly sent to the Manzanar concentration camp in California as a result of Executive Order 9066.[35][36] Nakamura and her family were released from Manzanar to go live with her uncle in Grand Junction, Colorado.[28] She would late go on to testify about her expereince in Manzanar to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.[37]

She married Yoshio “Yosh” Nakamura in 1950 after meeting him at the Union Church in Los Angeles.[28][38][32][33] Yosh served in the 442nd Infantry Regiment during World War II.[28] They had three children together. Her daughter is Linda Nakamura Olberholtzer.[28][38][32][33] Her sons are Daniel Nakamura and Joel Nakamura.[28][38][32][33] As of 2017, she had two grandchildren.[28]

Education and Career

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With the assistance of a scholarship from American Friends Service, Nakamura started studying sociology and education in 1944 at the University of Redlands where she would graduate with a Bachelor of Arts.[28][29][33][39] After moving to South Pasadena, California with her husband, Nakamura became the first Japanese American teacher to be hired by the Pasadena Unified School District.[28]

In 1956, Yosh stated teaching art at Whittier High School.[28] Grace would go on to graduated from Whittier College with a Master of Arts in Teaching fine arts and a Master's degree in counseling in 1982.[28][34][39]

She would also work as a teacher for the Rowland Unified School District and the El Rancho Unified school district.[28]

In March 2007, her and her husband's multimedia artwork - “Twin Visions" - was exhibited by the Whittier College's Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts.[40]

In 2008, her art work was featured by the Whittier Public Library in an exhibit called “Ah! New Mexico! Inspired Images from the Land of Enchantment.”[34]

Affiliations

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Nakamura and her husband supported the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and it's “Go For Broke National Education Center.”[28] Nakamura had donated suitcases she had taken to Manzanar concentration camp to JANM's permanent collection.[41] Nakamura was interviewed by the National Park Service (NPS) twice - in 1999 and 2016 - for NPS Manzanar's Oral History Program.[42]

She was also active in her local community. She was a member of the Hillcrest Congregational Church in La Habra Heights.[28] She was a Whittier Public Library trustee for eight years.[28][31][43] She was also a member of several organizations including the Whittier Area Audubon Society, the Whittier Art Association and the Rio Hondo Symphony Association.[28][43] The Whittier Area Audubon Society awarded her and her husband with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.[44][29]

Death and Legacy

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Nakamura died due to complications of pneumonia on May 30, 2017.[28][31] She donated her body to Keck School of Medicine of USC.[28] In August 2019, her husband made a donation to the organization Little Tokyo Service Center in her memory.[45]

Resources

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References

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Aileen Fong Shane

https://alltogether.swe.org/2021/05/aileen-fong-shane/

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/njherald/name/aileen-shane-obituary?id=16316022

https://www.spartaindependent.com/milestones/obituaries/aileen-fong-shane-XTSI20170228170229971

https://archive.org/stream/barnardmagazine1013barn/barnardmagazine1013barn_djvu.txt



Namhi Kim Wagner

https://korea.fas.harvard.edu/news/inaugural-namhi-kim-wagner-korean-language-prize-award-ceremony-ay-2022-23

Josephine Cheng

https://www.computerscience.org/resources/most-influential-asian-pacific-islander-women-computer-science/

https://qeprize.org/judges/josephine-cheng

Sarita James

https://www.crainsnewyork.com/awards/sarita-james

https://alumni.harvard.edu/community/stories/sarita-james

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lincoln/2017/06/14/sanctuaries-where-a-female-technology-leader-finds-peace-and-quiet-in-new-york-city/?sh=3c2ffa173b64


Sally Lam Woo

https://news.gatech.edu/archive/features/history-women-georgia-tech.shtml


Alice Yick

https://www.nps.gov/people/alice-yick.htm







https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/chinese/2019/stanley-eng.htm

Mr. Stanley Eng

https://ocagc.org/stanleyengway/

https://www.ideastream.org/community/2019-12-06/cleveland-renames-street-in-honor-of-late-asiatown-advocate-stanley-eng

https://www.news-herald.com/2004/03/06/stanley-eng/

https://www.freshwatercleveland.com/breaking-ground/TzengAsiaTown120319.aspx

https://www.ideastream.org/community/2019-05-22/asiatown-street-named-for-neighborhood-pioneer-stanley-eng


Wayne Wong

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-glenns-wayne-wong-wins-asian-american-engineer-of-the-year-award/

https://thedaily.case.edu/spartan-showcase-wayne-wong/

https://www.cleveland.com/brecksville/2013/03/wayne_wong_of_broadview_height.html

https://www.cleveland.com/brook-park/2013/03/nasa_glenn_engineer_wins_natio.html

https://www.wrhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AsiaTown-Virtual-Tour-v05142020-compressed.pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.32526578

https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.32526578?seq=1 -- Asiatown, Census


Carol Connor (1950 - 2004) was the first woman to be elected as a South Carolina Circuit Court Judge in 1988 and the South Carolina Court of Appeals in 1993.[46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53]

Connor was awarded the John W. “Tootie” Williams Award [54][48]

Connor died on February 20, 2004 from cancer.[55]


Janie B. Jenkins (September 26, 1910 - unknown) was a civil rights activist and business operator based out of Johns Island, South Carolina.[56][57][58][59][60][61][62]

Janie married Esau Jenkins in 1926.[58] Janie is the mother of 13 children with Esau.[56][61]

Janie along with her husband Esau founded the first Citizenship School in 1957, the C.O. Federal Credit Union, the Rural Mission, the J&P Café and Motel, the Hot Spot Record Shop, the Esau Jenkins Place and a healthcare facility that also provided low-income housing and a nursing home for families in the Sea Islands.

Legacy

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In 2016 on the week of Jenkins 106th birthday, the Charleston mayor's office declared a week of service in honor of Janie Jenkins and her husband.[56] Janie and Esau's 1966 Volkswagen Deluxe Station Wagon was displayed at the 2019 Cars at the Capital exhibit.[58] As of 2022, the back panels of the Station Wagon that barred the motto “Love is Progress, Hate is Expensive” are displayed in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.[59] In 2022, Elaine Jenkins, Janie and Esau's daughter, established a scholarship in her parents name at Africa University.[63]

Resources

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