Naomi Yamada-Padilla's Self-Introduction:

Five Things About Me:

1. I am a mother to two adult-aged children. My daughter is an OR Nurse and my son is an IT professional

2. I am of Japanese, Korean, and Puerto Rican descent. I am fully bilingual in Japanese and Spanish and I am working on becoming fluent in Korean as well

3. I am a Criminal Justice and Public Health major with aspirations to marriage these two disciplines to assist women and children

4.  I collect anything Snoopy

5.  Although I was born, raised, and educated in America, my mindset is that of a Japanese national because I was raised in the traditional Japanese Samurai mindset. I think exclusively in Japanese and quite often, cannot relate to those around me even to this very day

Five Social Things That I am Passionate About:

1. Mental health

2.  Feminism

3.  Gun control

4.  Protecting our vulnerable populations: disabled, women, children, immigrants

5.  Equal rights and opportunities for all 

Artist:

Mr. Lee Wan is considered a controversial artist because back in 2016, he was commissioned by Dior to to display his photographic artwork at the Dior store located in Seoul, South Korea. The picture that was taken was that of a young Korean woman who is seen clutching a pink Dior handbag with the backdrop of a seedy part of town. Korean feminists became enraged because they stated that this photograph depicted this young Korean woman as a materialistic prostitute who is solely working for purchase an expensive handbag. The intention of Mr. Lee Wan's photograph was in protest of capitalism. This particular photograph drew such backlash that the phot was removed from the exhibition, thus squelching one's freedom of expression.