Maria Tachimi's Draw My Life

Transcript
Maria: "Hello, and welcome to Draw My Life."

[Maria draws her birthdate]

Maria: "I was born in Florida, My mommy was Japanese and my dad was American."

[Maria draws her grandparents and her parents]

Maria: "My grandfathers never got on, to the point they were on opposite sides during WWII, my mommy's side being a Japanese POW guard and my other grandfather being a POW inmate."

[Maria draws her mother speaking in Japanese "こんにちは" (Hello) "おはよごじます" (Good morning) and "マリアちゃん" (Maria-Chan)]

Maria: "Mommy could only speak Japanese and she taught it to me, I was fluent and could read it by the time of the age of four, this annoyed my grandfather Mikey, I also spoke English aswell."

[Maria draws the year 1984]

Maria: "As a little girl growing up in the 80's, my mommy often collected manga, she read a manga called Akira and said if I was a boy, I would of been giving the name Akira."

[Maria draws Transformers toys]

Maria: "I loved Transformers growing up, this was very unusual for a little girl at the time."