Mariko Yamada

Mariko Yamada ( born October 23, 1950 in Denver, Colorado) is an American politician. It belongs to the Democratic Party.

Mariko Yamada's parents were interned during the Second World War in the Manzanar War Relocation Center and moved to Colorado after their release. Mariko attended urban schools in Denver and then the University of Colorado Boulder. In 1972 she was awarded the academic degree of Bachelor in Psychology. Then Yamada moved to Los Angeles where she completed at the University of Southern California a master's degree in Social Work. In the 1980s, Mariko Yamada worked in Washington, DC. Back in California she was purchasing for various public bodies in the social sector, most recently until 2008 in Yolo County Board of Supervisors.

2008 Yamada was first elected as a representative of the 8th electoral district in the California State Assembly and confirmed in the 2010 elections. Since the 2012 election she's after a reorganization of constituencies MP for the 4th District. Yamada's third and statutory final term ends in December 2014.