Kourtney Goya

Kourtney Goya is originally from Mililani, Hawaii, and graduated from Oregon State University. She is the Assistant Director of Concurrent Enrollment at Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado.

Author's Entries

  • Japanese Ancestral Society

    In the early 1900s, spurred on largely by railroad construction, farming, and the lumber industry, Japanese immigration to Oregon was on the rise. While only twenty-five Japanese lived in Oregon in 1890, by 1900 that number had increased to 2,501, 1,300 in Portland alone. By 1910, there were 3,418 Japanese …

    Oregon Encyclopedia