2019, Astronomy, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island
Leomana Turalde is a Hilo native. He was raised in Hawaiian emersion schools until his last year and graduated from Waiakea High School. He Joined the Marine Corps Infantry in 2005 and served in multiple combat tours with the Marine Force Reconnaissance Teams.  In...
2019, Astronomy, Maui, Oahu
Chase is a class of 2015 graduate from Aiea High School on Oahu. He will be finishing his double major in Astrophysics and Math at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa in the fall of 2019. He hopes to go on to graduate school to pursue a graduate degree in...
2019, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island, Mechanical Engineering
Makena was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii and attended Kamehameha Schools Hawaii. She now attends Smith College in Massachusetts where she is currently pursuing her bachelor’s of science in Engineering with a minor in Architecture and Urbanism. As a student athlete,...
2019, Computer Science, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island
Stacey Yanagihara was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Her main interest is in video game development and software engineering. If she is not working or...
2019, Computer Science, Maui, Maui
Sherie was born and raised on the island of Maui. She graduated from Maui High School, where she cultivated her love for information technology. Currently, she is pursuing a degree in Computer, Electronics, and Networking Technologies at Honolulu Community College....
2019, Biomedical/Bioengineering, Maui, Maui
Dayna Yoshimura was born and raised on the island of Maui. After graduating from Maui High School in 2014, she attended the University of Portland where she graduated in May 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. This fall, she will be continuing...
2019, Hawaii Island, Mechanical Engineering, Oahu
Danielle was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii and graduated from Kalani High School. She is currently studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Mãnoa. She has growing interests in space from her projects with the Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory...
2019, Mechanical Engineering, Oahu, Pasadena, Software Development
Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, Jonathan Zerez is currently a sophomore studying Mechanical Engineering at the Olin College of Engineering. Outside of classwork, he is heavily involved in Olin’s Formula SAE Electric project team where he specializes in systems...
2019, Computer Science, Maui, Oahu
David Zane was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is currently an undergraduate student at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL pursuing a BS in Computer Science. He enjoys programming algorithms and new interfaces. Outside of class David enjoys traveling,...
2019, Oahu, Optical Systems
Kiyomi Sanders was born in Honolulu and grew up moving between Oahu, the continental US, and Scotland. She has recently earned the Associate in Science-Natural Science degree at Kapiolani Community College. She is currently participating in supermassive black hole...
