From East to West, Anne Shimojima has scattered storytelling sunshine in every corner of our country. Shining her light on difficult subjects, “Hidden Memory: An American Story,” Anne illustrates the history of her Japanese American family as they were imprisoned in the incarceration camps of World War II. Anne excels at helping others gather, shape, and share their illness narratives in the framework of the Hero’s Journey. In addition, she seeks out and shares the commonalities of many cultures—helping us see that we are far more alike than different and diligently erasing artificially created boundaries.