This article interviews GUA member Eriko Uehara Hopkinson, and her life as an overseas Uchinanchu living in Ireland, and her many musical accomplishments. She describes what she hopes to convey in her music, her musical influences, and her thoughts on how Ireland’s history is similar to Okinawa, in that both had been ruled over by other countries. Towards the end of the article, she discusses her involvement in connecting with other overseas Uchinanchu in the development of the Global Uchinanchu Alliance (GUA).