‘Creating Destiny,’ Wade Nomura

Carpinteria, CA, December 1 – Carpinteria’s Mayor Wade Nomura has put pen to paper to tell of his adventures in sport, public office and humanitarian work around the globe. 

He begins with the early life as a Japanese American growing up in the shadow of World War II, viewed with suspicion in the land his family called home for generations. He struggles to find his place in the world as his family grapples with the scars of internment in the Arizona desert for their ancestry.  

A chance encounter led to start of award-filled career as a BMX racer, living life on the road and giving all for the glory of the win.