“…we played games…and had a great time being away from our parents for the first time.”
Kaz Oyamada Iwahashi and I are the same age and played together as kids. Fortunately, we ended up in the same Block 20 at Topaz, so we were able to continue our friendship.
Two other girls our age, Sets Asano Ogami and Grace Mori Saito Tom, were also in Block 20, so the four of us were constant buddies. We were in the Topaz Girl Reserves. Tosh Koba, a social worker with the San Francisco YMCA, was our Girl Reserve leader.