Mikhail Coloma – 2012

Mikhail Coloma was born and raised on the island of O‘ahu. He recently completed his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Mathematics at UH Manoa, where he was a McNair Scholar. This fall, Mikhail will enter the doctoral program in Mechanical...

Julia Chen

Julia Chen was born and raised in Honolulu, where she graduated from McKinley High School in 2011. She is currently majoring in Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California. Following the completion of her degree at USC, Julia plans to start her...

Nathan Brandes

Nathan Brandes grew up in Kula, Maui, and completed his secondary education at Seabury Hall, graduating in 2010. He is a Computer Science and Engineering major at the Univ. of Washington, where he also teaches a section of the introductory undergraduate computer...

Joey Andrews

Originally from Indianapolis, Carl “Joey” Andrews has been a Maui resident for the past 18 years. Since graduating from Baldwin High School, he has worked in various fields on-island, including as an entertainer for local resorts, corporate parties, and charities, and...

Aaron Ahue

Part Native Hawaiian and raised on Maui, Aaron Ahue graduated from H.P. Baldwin High School in 1997. He served six years in the United States Army, receiving an Honorable Discharge in 2007, as a microwave systems maintainer and operator in the communication field,...

Haley Adamic

Haley Adamic grew up in California, graduated from Kaua‘i High School in 2010, and has been attending Kaua‘i Community College. This fall, she will be transferring to Boston College to double-major in Mathematics and Biology. Haley plans to attend medical school or to...

Troy Kobayashi-Bautista

Born and raised on Maui, Troy graduated from Baldwin HS in 2010. He is currently majoring in Computer Science at UH Manoa. After earning his BS degree, Troy plans to attain his master’s degree before pursuing a career in software engineering, application development,...

Styson Koide

Styson was born and raised on the Big Island, and graduated from Honoka‘a HS in 2008.  He then attended UH Hilo for two years while majoring in Pre-Engineering.  While participating in the National Student Exchange program at Northern Arizona University, he decided to...