Building Empathy is a project of PEF and PUSD, with support from the California State Library and California Humanities
Featured Memoirs
At Pasadena High School, students interviewed a family member to write a memoir, then created an accompanying illustration. (Click on an illustration to open the memoir it was made with.)
“I Love You More than You Know”
by Tina G.
“Memoir”
by Alwand M.
“Servando Banuelos”
by Alyssa B.
“Mom”
by Kyla D.
Untitled
by Jessica L.
“Yo Estoy Cansada”
by Viviana M.
“LOVE”
by Arianna R.
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What we hear!
“I had already known pretty much most things about the [Japanese American concentration] camps because my grandmother was interned at those camps…”
– Leo, ninth grader, Pasadena High School
“I wasn’t very aware of the Japanese concentration camps, so I learned with the students. I think it’s important to learn about issues that happen in our neighborhood, and this is really relevant.”
– Mayte Hernandez, English instructor, Pasadena High School
