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The White House has a caller curator and Donna Hayashi Smith is nan first Asian American to clasp nan post.
The White House announced her assignment Wednesday, nan commencement of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
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Originally from Wahiawa, Hawaii, Hayashi Smith joined nan White House curator's agency successful 1995 and has now served nether 5 presidents. She had been serving successful an acting capacity since past twelvemonth aft nan status of her predecessor, Lydia Tederick.
The White House is photographed from Lafayette Park connected Wednesday, May 1, 2024, successful Washington. The White House has a caller curator and Donna Hayashi Smith is nan first Asian American to clasp nan post. Hayashi Smith had been serving successful an acting capacity since past year. She will oversee nan attraction of thousands of artifacts successful nan White House collection, cataloging and preserving everything from statesmanlike portraits to furnishings to nan china spot settings. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
As curator, Hayashi Smith will oversee nan attraction of thousands of artifacts successful nan White House collection, cataloguing and preserving everything from statesmanlike portraits to furnishings and more.
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Hayashi Smith led nan curator's agency done a process successful 2022 to guarantee that nan White House continues to beryllium recognized nationally arsenic an accredited museum.
First woman Jill Biden cited Hayashi Smith's work nether 5 statesmanlike administrations and said she looked guardant to moving pinch her to sphere nan White House's "living history."
