Mia Yamamoto
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Mia F Yamamoto | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 1943 (age 82) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Partner | Kimberlee Tellez (m. 2015) |
Mia F Yamamoto (born September 1943),[1] is a Los Angeles-based criminal defense attorney and civil rights activist. Yamamoto is a transgender woman of Japanese American descent, born in the Poston War Relocation Center during World War II.[2][3]
Yamamoto attended UCLA's School of Law, where she co-founded the Asian Pacific Islander Law Student Association (APILSA).[4][3]
She married Kimberlee Tellez on September 2, 2015.[5]