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Terminal Island resident Kayoko Asai had two years of college coursework at the time her family were forced from their home, and was among the first students to contact the ABHMS' John Thomas for help continuing her education. With additional support from Jitsuo Morikawa and Ralph Mayberry, Asai was able to enroll at Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, where she graduated in 1945. From 1945 to 1947 she worked for the WABHMS as a home missionary to relocated Japanese American families in Chicago, and she and her husband Henry Suzukida would later be active members of the Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago and the National Council for Japanese American Redress.
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Terminal Island resident Kayoko Asai had two years of college coursework at the time her family were forced from their home, and was among the first students to contact the ABHMS' John Thomas for help continuing her education. With additional support from Jitsuo Morikawa and Ralph Mayberry, Asai was able to enroll at Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, where she graduated in 1945. From 1945 to 1947 she worked for the WABHMS as a home missionary to relocated Japanese American families in Chicago, and she and her husband Henry Suzukida would later be active members of the Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago and the National Council for Japanese American Redress.