First Voice creates, presents, and produces the stories and music of people living between worlds. Critical to this mission is personal experience, or “voice,” emanating from a deeply rooted culture, which we deem to be essential to the authentic representation of the people of the United States. Through the pursuit of this distinct purpose in San Francisco, Brenda Wong Aoki and Mark Izu, founders and directors of First Voice, have contributed to the American cultural canon since 1976.