Education
San Francisco State University. Fashion Institute of Technology.
San Francisco State University. Fashion Institute of Technology.
Iwamoto previously served two terms with the Hawaii Board of Education. She was reelected in 2010 with 25% more votes than in 2006. Iwamoto, a Japanese-American born on the island of Kauai, is a graduate of Saint Louis High School.
She received an Associate of Arts in Merchandising from the Fashion Institute of Technology, a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, and her Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law.
Iwamoto publicly opposed passage of California"s Proposition 8, outlawing same-sex marriages in California. She has stated that Proposition 8 reminds her of her mother"s internment during World World War II and believes the proposition is a violation of essential civil rights, stating, "The country has acknowledged that as a mistake, to just go with populous fear to oppress a specific group.
I think we"re going to look back at this kind of oppression as a mistake.".