commitment to recognizing and celebrating diversity in the church. Okazaki was a prolific writer and published many books including Lighten Up and Being Enough. She was a member of the Southern Virginia University board of trustees. She was a frequent speaker at the women's conference at Brigham Young University and other events sponsored by the church. Personal life She met Edward Y. Okazaki while she was earning an undergraduate degree in education at the University of Hawaii (1948), and they married on June 18, 1949, ten months after which he was baptized. They eventually had two sons. Her husband served in the United States Army during World War II and was the first director of aging for the state of Utah. Okazaki earned a master's degree in education from the University of Northern Colorado (1977) and second degree in educational administration from Colorado State University (1978). Her education came at a great cost to her and her family, but she dedicated her life to paying that forward by teaching elementary school in Maui, Hawaii; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Littleton, Colorado. Okazaki died of congestive heart failure in Salt Lake City, Utah, aged 84. Publications References 1926 births 2011 deaths 20th-century Mormon missionaries American Latter Day Saint writers American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints American Mormon missionaries in Japan American people of Japanese descent Converts to Mormonism Counselors in the General Presidency of the Relief Society Female Mormon missionaries Latter Day Saints from Hawaii People from Salt Lake City Southern Virginia University people Latter Day Saints from Utah Young Women (organization) people