Alton Chung He/Him

Japanese-Korean storyteller Alton Takiyama-Chung, grew up with the superstitions and the magic of the Hawaiian Islands.  He has created national award-winning stories of the Immigration of the Chinese into the US, stories from Hawaii, and Okinawan memories of WWII. He performs stories about the Japanese American Experience of WWII from the veterans and those in the incarceration camps, and also tells stories from the Plantation Days in Hawaii. He has been a guest lecturer at the University of Washington, Oregon State University, Pacific University, Florida Gulf Coast University, and the University of Hawaii. He performs nationally and internationally, is the editor-in-chief of The Story Beast, a storytelling e-Publication (storybeast.org), and is a former Chairman of the Board of Directors for National Storytelling Network, the national organization for storytellers in the US.