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IPR is featuring some of the many AAPI pioneers who impacted the field of public relations in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month Thelma Garcia Buchholdt was born in the northern Philippines in 1934. After graduating high school, Buchholdt moved to the U.S. and attended Mount Saint Mary’s University and University of Nevada Las Vegas. In 1965 … Continue reading Thelma Garcia Buchholdt (1934-2007)

IPR is featuring some of the many AAPI pioneers who impacted the field of public relations in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month. Patsy Mink was born in Paia, Hawaii, in 1925 to a Sansei Japanese-American family. She grew up in a working-class community. After graduating high school as valedictorian in 1944 and doing a year at … Continue reading Patsy Mink (1927-2002)