Author of We Are Art
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A daughter of Guåhan (Guam), Mary Therese Perez Hattori is one of nine children of Paul Mitsuo Hattori, originally of Kalihi, and Fermina Leon Guerrero Perez (familian Titang) of Chalan Pago. Dr. Hattori works as the Acting Director, Pacific Islands Development Program at the East-West Center and is affiliate faculty for the University of Hawaiʻi.
Watch a recording of a poem by Mary entitled Fuetsan famalåo’an: An anthem to women
Value of Hawaiʻi: Hulihia, The Turning 