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Joy Sakai will never forget the heartache and sadness she felt as a child when she visits her mother at a mental hospital. 

Her mother Shizuko was diagnosed with a clinical condition suffering from a mental illness. 

She was instituted in a hospital called Agnew’s Asylum where she didn’t receive any medical treatment or therapy because she didn’t speak English. 

“I had to go through 3 different doors and each one closed behind me while the other opened in front of me leading me to my mother’s room only to find out she didn’t recognize me anymore,” said Sakai. 

Sakai decided not to visit her mother anymore because of the way she became which broke her heart. 

With a lot of courage and convincing, Sakai decided to share her interesting and detailed story of the life she’s had of being born in the Japanese Internment Camp. 

The SJSU classroom was full of students who were listening so carefully to what she was saying and were extremely interested in what she had to say since its not everyday that one meets a person whose born in the Japanese American Internment Camp. 

Sakai was born on VJ day which is the day victory was declared in Aug 14, 1945 in Poston, Ariz

“That’s where my name came from after the day of happiness”, said Sakai. 

After the war was over Sakai and her family moved to San Jose but a tragic incident happened where her father and two brothers were killed during a collision.