女王＆プリンセスたちのプログラム

Queen Juli Yoshinaga

Japanese Restaurant Association of America

Juli Yoshinaga is 23 years old and graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies. She currently works at Warner Brothers Entertainment Group in multicultural marketing. She would like to continue working in her field and one day become a decision maker to ensure that diverse communities are being reflected on the big screen. Her hobbies include cooking with her mother and volunteering for the Japanese American Citizens League. Yoshinaga has chosen Women Make Movies as her platform.

During her speech, Yoshinaga spoke about struggling to find her identity, growing up as a multigenerational Japanese American. Her father is sansei (third generation Japanese American) and her mother is issei or (first generation Japanese American). She went on to say that pivotal experiences like being part of the Nikkei Student Union in college helped her embrace the beauty of being multigenerational and recognize that you can come from different generations and experiences but all still be Japanese American. She is the daughter of Tim and Mifumi Yoshinaga of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, and was sponsored by the Japanese Restaurant Association of America.

Emily Yuiko Ishida

East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center

Emily Yuiko Ishida is 23 years old and recently graduated from California State University, Los Angeles with a bachelor’s degree in biology. She currently works as an associate teacher at the East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center’s Kokoro no Sato Infant Care Center. Ishida plans to pursue a career in research related to medical psychology. In her free time, she enjoys photography, indoor rock climbing, hiking, watching Marvel movies, and anything Disney. This year, she will support Shelter’s Right Hand as her platform. The court will represent the Nisei Week Foundation at community events locally and nationally (including Nagoya, Japan) throughout the year.