Why I Wrote Golden Children: The Legacy of Ethnic Studies at SF State (2018)

Juanita Tamayo Lott grew up in the 1950s in the Fillmore/Japantown neighborhood of San Francisco, California. In addition to being one of the strikers at the historic 1968–69 San Francisco State University BSU/TWLF strike, she served on the planning committee for the School of Ethnic Studies in 1969–1970; was administrative assistant to James Hirabayashi, the first Dean; and co-chaired the Pilipino Studies Planning Group. In graduate school at the University of Chicago, she studied survey research, human ecology, demography, statistics, and sociology. She is the author and co-author of several books, including Common Destiny: Filipino American Generations (2006), Filipinos in Washington, D.C. (2009), and Golden Children: Legacy of Ethnic Studies, SF State. A Memoir (2018).