"A Commitment to Building Bridges"

Abstract

It is with some sadness that I write this Editor's Note because it is my final one. After spending over six years with Nexus, initially helping establish the journal and then serving as its founding and senior editor, this issue is my last one. Over the years, I have accumulated a lengthy list of debts to those who have contributed as guest and managing editors, writers, reviewers, and members of the advisory board. I am grateful to the production staff, Mary Kao, Stephanie Santos, and Brandy Worrall-Yu, whose efforts have turned drafts into polished publications. Julia Heintz-Mackoff and Lucy Tran were enormously helpful and dedicated in their roles as the first and second managing editor. I am particularly indebted to my fellow editors, Professor Don Nakanishi and Ms. Melany Dela Cruz-Viesca. The journal would not have materialized and continued without Don's unwavering and enthusiastic support and participation, and the journal would not have been operational without Melany's tireless work and good hum...