Katey Terumi Laubscher is a yonsei Japanese American writer based in New York City, with roots in California and Hawai’i. She is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Kioku, a nikkei magazine and cultural journal.
In July 2022, I attended my first ever pilgrimage at Heart Mountain Interpretive Center in Wyoming. I knew that I wanted to harness our community’s artistry as a method for sharing stories, and thus Kioku Magazine was born.