2005, Hawaii Island, Mainland, Mathematics
Justin DiPaola-Allen was born and raised in Overland Park, Kansas. He attended school in the Shawnee Mission School District where he lettered all four years in academics. His interest and ability in math enabled him to take pre-algebra in the sixth grade. He attend...
2010, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island, Mathematics, Physics
Born and raised in Hilo, Natalie Nagata graduated from Hilo High School in 2008 as a class valedictorian. After spending a year at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, she decided to return to Hawai‘i for personal reasons. Entering her junior year in Fall...
2012, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering
Kevin Kadooka was born and raised in Hilo and graduated from Hilo High School in 2009. He will be a senior this fall at University of Portland, where he is pursuing a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Mathematics. He plans to pursue a master’s or doctoral...
2012, Astronomy, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island, Mathematics, Physics
Ian Cunnyngham grew up in Columbus, Ohio where he was immersed in computers from a young age, working as a web-designer and systems administrator during high-school and eventually co-founding a software company in 2005. After returning to school, he transferred from...
2017, Mathematics, Maui, Oahu, Physics
Michael Spetich is a Physics major and Math minor at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, where he will be a senior this fall. He grew up on Hawaii Island in the town of Waimea, home to the W.M. Keck Observatory and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. The island’s...
2008, Computer Science, Mathematics, Maui, Maui
Trent Kyono was born and raised on the island of Maui. He graduated with valedictorian honors in 2004 from Baldwin High School. He will be receiving his B.S. degree in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics in April 2008 from Pepperdine University. In the fall...
