Upon completion of this assignment.

researching and preserving history.and dog will continue to live in Independence.

Her passion is oral history and to date.Lynch worked as a park ranger at Independence Hall in Philadelphia (1991-93) and at Big Bend National Park in West Texas (1993-99); served as a visual information specialist at Mount Rainier in Washington (1999-2001); and was promoted to a supervisory park ranger at Manzanar on Sept.She helped to develop the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) grant program.

visit her on Facebook (Alisa Lynch Broch).She has been there ever since.

She worked on projects for numerous other sites.

and the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial in Washington.Twenty-one years later in 2017.

Why do you think that now is a good time to share the story of Wayne Collins with Japanese American audiences?A: There was (and sadly.So many friends were also there as trusted allies and knowledgeable scholars who kept the film honest and true – -people like scholar Art Hansen.

After the standing ovation Collins received from the many Tule Lake families in the audience.——————–Sharon Yamato writes from Playa del Rey and can be reached at sharony360@gmail.