Marjorie Hunt
@la_marjorieMarjorie Hunt is Discover Nikkei’s Community Engagement Specialist. She holds a master’s degree in history, with a focus on cultural geography of colonial Latin America. Marjorie earned a B.A. in American Studies and Hispanic Literatures and Cultures at Wesleyan University, and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. In her free time, she volunteers as a Court-Appointed Special Advocate for foster youth. She enjoys creative outlets like writing poetry and making music.
Updated May 2025
Stories from This Author
From Wakayama to California and Back Again: Exploring Transpacific Connections through Art and Education
April 16, 2025 • Marjorie Hunt
Nikkei history is not well-known in Japan today, says Kanae Aoki, curator of the Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama (MOMAW). But the MOMAW has embarked on a project to change that, bringing Japanese diaspora history back to Japan through a collaboration with the Japanese American National Museum (JANM). It all began with the second Wakayama homecoming festival, held in 2023. Modeled off Okinawa’s Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival, the Wakayama Kenjinkai World Conference invited the descendants of emigrants from Wakayama prefecture back …
Hidden Memories in Scrap Wood: The Family History of the Homma Chair
Nov. 14, 2024 • Marjorie Hunt
A dark brown wood dining chair with a few nicks and scratches around the edges sits in a display case in the Japanese American National Museum. The back of this otherwise-typical chair has a remarkable hollow knot at the center that calls the eye. Now known fondly as the “Homma chair,” this utilitarian piece of furniture was created by Issei incarceree Yorozu Homma out of scrap lumber at the Heart Mountain concentration camp in Wyoming during World War II. Eight …
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