Researcher, Writer, Editor

Covid cancelled last summer's centennial celebration of the 19th amendment.  American women won the right to vote in 1920. What the public does not know is that women in the Hawaiian Kingdom voted in 1840, 80 years before women in the United States could vote.  Native Hawaiian society was matrilineal, where women owned property, and chiefly titles were passed from mother to daughter.  Instead of primitive natives, this society was far ahead of the United States in many ways.    www.HawaiiWomenVotedandGoverned.com

The late U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D.HI) was Senate Pro-Temp,  the highest ranking Asian-American in US government history.  Senator Inouye helped President Johnson pass the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the Voting Rights Act in 1965. He lowered the voting age to 18, funded pediatric care in emergency rooms, expanded Community Health Centers, and repealed laws that discriminated against gay Americans.   www.SenInouyeToldByHisSon.com

The landmark legislation that changed  America  was authored by Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink from Hawaii.  In 1972, Title IX ended discrimination against women and girls in education programs that received federal assistance.  www.PatsyMinkUntoldStory.com

I was the production assistant at over 50 field-production interviews for this independent documentary film being produced by my mother.  It 's a historical film that explains how President Obama's childhood shaped his future policies.  This film has been in production for most of my life.    www.ObamaHawaiiFilm.com