As a child, I struggled deeply with where I belonged. My unstable home environment left me with a largely unstructured childhood…

How Jennifer K. Yoshioka found inner peace through a heart of appreciation. by Jennifer K. Yoshioka HONOLULU People would constantly tell me how happy and energetic I always seemed to be, but looks can be deceiving. Only a…

by Takako Mino Rancho Cucamonga, California When I was 5, my mom determined to support the dream of American kosen-rufu, so she somehow convinced my dad to move from Tokyo to Long Island, New York. Four years later,…