2024, Computer Science, Maui, Maui
Jonathan Kamehanaokala Merchant was born in Seattle and raised in Maui, Hawai’i. He attended both Kamehameha Schools Maui and Seabury Hall before moving to Olympia, Washington halfway through his sophomore year of highschool and graduated from Olympia High School. He...
2024, Computer Science, Maui, Oahu
Sierra was born and raised in Haleiwa on the island of O’ahu. She is currently a senior at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa pursuing a bachelors of Computer Science. She has an interest in Cosmology and Artificial Intelligence. After graduation, she plans to...
2024, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island, Mechanical Engineering
Dalten was born and raised in Honolulu, where he graduated from Moanalua High School. He is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Aerospace and a minor in Computer Science at University of Hawai’i at...
2024, Computer Science, Hawaii Island, Oahu
Kawika is a freshman at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa pursuing a bachelor’s degree in computer science. He grew up on the west side of O’ahu in the ahupua’a of Nanakuli. Kawika plans to use his education to help expand the tech space in...
2024, Computer Science, Oahu, UC Santa Cruz, CA
Ashlyn was born and raised on the island of O’ahu where she graduated from Kailua High School. She is currently pursing a dual major in Computer Science and Marketing, complemented with a minor in Mathematics at Aurora University (AU) in Aurora, Illinois. Ashlyn...
2024, Electrical Engineering, Hawaii Island, Oahu
Kaniela Pang was born in Mililani on the island of O’ahu. He graduated from Mililani High School and LCC with an associates in Natural Science. Currently, he is pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering to hopefully in the future become an Energy Engineer and...
2024, Hawaii Island, Mechanical Engineering, Oahu
Ian was born and raised on the island of O’ahu. He currently attends the University of Hawai’i at Manoa pursuing a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in aerospace. Ian is passionate about anything related to aerospace and is involved in...
2024, Astronomy, Mainland, Maui, Physics
Trinity was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and graduated from El Segundo High School in a small town right outside LAX airport. She is currently in her third year studying Astronomy and Physics at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo. Away from the...
2024, General Engineering, Maui, Oahu
Kala was born and raised in Honolulu and attended Punahou School ’22. He is currently attending Harvey Mudd College as a rising junior studying Engineering. He is interested in the aerospace industry and attending grad school after college. Home Island:...
2024, Computer Science, Maui, Oahu
Liliana is from ‘Ewa Beach, O’ahu and graduated from Daegu High School in South Korea. She is a senior pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Liliana believes that computer science is the backbone of modern academia and...
