Yumi Kawasaki

Yumi Kawasaki

Yumi Kawasaki is a principal who has served the Watts community and built strong school partnerships.

Yumi pursued the Loyola Marymount University Educational Leadership for Social Justice Ed.D. program as a personal goal and to honor her family and broader community.

Yumi’s dissertation, Vamos a Chismear: The Intersection of Social Media and Chisme Fostering Belonging Among Middle School Girls, explores social media and cultural practices among Latinx middle school girls.

The program strengthened Yumi’s ability to identify systemic injustices and pursue meaningful change.