Michael Makoto Honda (Japanese: 本田 実, Honda Makoto, born June 27, 1941) is an American Democratic politician. He currently serves as Congressman for California's 15th congressional district, which encompasses western San Jose and the Silicon Valley. (map)
A Japanese American, Honda was born in Walnut Grove, California in 1941 and spent his early childhood in Granada War Relocation Center, an internment camp in Colorado. His family became strawber...
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Michael Makoto Honda (Japanese: 本田 実, Honda Makoto, born June 27, 1941) is an American Democratic politician. He currently serves as Congressman for California's 15th congressional district, which encompasses western San Jose and the Silicon Valley. (map)
A Japanese American, Honda was born in Walnut Grove, California in 1941 and spent his early childhood in Granada War Relocation Center, an internment camp in Colorado. His family became strawberry sharecroppers in Blossom Valley in San Jose after their return in 1953.
Honda went to Andrew P. Hill High School, but transferred and graduated from San Jose High Academy before graduating from San Jose State University in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in biological sciences and Spanish and earned a master's degree in 1974. From 1965 to 1967, he served in the United States Peace Corps, working in El Salvador.
Honda became a science teacher and went on to serve as the principal at two public schools.
In 1971, Honda was appointed by San Jose...
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