Seiga Hoyrup is the President of Wafu School's California Chapter and the principal teacher of scores of students and credentialed Wafukai teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout California. For more than five decades, her life has focused on studying and teaching ikebana. Born and educated in Japan, she studied with the late Wafu School headmaster, Wafu Teshigahara, before moving to this country and making her home in Cupertino. She holds the school's highest rank of Shukan.

Her mastery of all elements of ikebana -- its history, principles and philosophy as well as technique -- has taken her to venues throughout the United States and many other countries to demonstrate, teach, and exhibit. She is the recipient of many prestigious awards in her community. She was named "Teacher of the Year" in Fremont's Adult Education program and she received the "Outstanding Instructor Award" from San Jose's Community College and Evergreen Community College. Cupertino's Fine Arts Commission named her "Distinguished Artist of the Year" in 1995. Every other year she leads her students in producing a large flower show which fills the Cupertino Community Center and is attended by thousands of visitors.

She teaches privately and in colleges and adult education centers in the South Bay. She also volunteers as a board member of the Ikebana Teachers Federation and is an active member of Ikebana International.