2010, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island, Optical Systems
Cheryl Fujioka was born and raised on the Big Island of Hawaii and is a graduate of Honoka‘a High School. She will be a senior at Western Washington University in the fall, and is majoring in Mathematics with a minor in Physics and Astronomy. Cheryl always had a...
2017, Maui, Maui, Software Development
Christopher is a Class of 2015 graduate of Maui High School and will be a junior at Yale University in the Fall of 2017. He is working towards B.S. degrees in computer science and economics and is particularly passionate about the potential of computer science in...
2011, Electrical Engineering, Hawaii Island, Maui, Software Development
Keone Hiraide graduated in spring 2011 from the University of Hawaii at Hilo with a major in Computer Science. He plans to work for a year in order to gain more experience, then enter graduate school on the mainland. He is interested in studying either informatics,...
2012, Biomedical/Bioengineering, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island
Growing up in the Kona coffee fields on the Big Island, Chris Sugai learned what a hard day’s work was from a young age. While working on the farm, he gained a great appreciation for the biology of the plants and life that surrounded him, and now plans to translate...
2012, Hawaii Island, Oahu, Physics
Matt Rappeline is going into his Junior year in the Physics department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Kapi’olani Community College. Matt is very interested in the applications of general relativity in cosmology and would like to pursue an M.S. and a Ph.D....
2012, Electrical Engineering, Hawaii Island, Kauai, Networking
Heather Prinzing was born in California, but raised on the beautiful island of Kauai. She has just completed an A.S. degree in Electronics Technology at Kauai Community College. She hopes to find a job in computer networking, possibly as a Network Administrator. In...
