2025 Annual Convening Speakers

Lynn Yamasaki is Director of Education at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles. She has been with JANM since 2007. She has worked on the development and implementation of student experiences and education for teachers and families in support of museum content and exhibitions at JANM and its National Center for the Preservation of Democracy. In recent years, she has been Project Director for place-based educator workshops Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations. Prior to her time at JANM, she spent several years in Education and Programs at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Lynn received her BA from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, majoring in both Studio Art and Art History.