Carolyn Hoover
Carolyn Hoover is the granddaughter of two Japanese American incarcerees. In 2020, she graduated from Duke University with a degree in Public Policy and Global Health and she is now an investment banking analyst at Rothschild and Co. When she was in high school, she was selected by the Japanese government to serve as a student ambassador between Japan and the United States, and since then has served as a delegate and American Executive Committee member for the Japan America student conference. She also created a brief documentary on her family’s incarceration experience that was aired at the Smithsonian. Carolyn has served as a legislative intern for Congressman Honda and worked for a year at the Department of Commerce both locally in D.C. and abroad in Paris, France at the American Embassy. In addition to representing her country internationally as a civil servant and ambassador, she has also represented Team USA at ITU Multisports World Championships.