Malcolm Chun – Akamai 2018

Malcolm Chun is from the island of Oahu and moved to Hilo, Hawaii in 2014 after retiring from the Hawaii Air National Guard. He is pursuing his degree in Electronics Technology from Hawaii Community College, where he will earn his Associate in Applied Science. After...

James Boyd – Akamai 2018

James Boyd is from southeastern Louisiana and moved to the Big Island in March, 2017. Currently, he is enrolled at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, pursuing a major in Computer Science and hopes to develop software after graduation. He has a particular interest in...

Romilly Benedict – Akamai 2018

Romilly was born in Austin, Texas and moved to Waimea, Hawaii when she was three-years-old. She graduated from Honoka’a High School in 2017 and is currently a freshman at George Mason University in Virginia. She is majoring in Chemistry with a concentration in...

Alec Bayer – Akamai 2018

Alec Bayer first became a Maui resident at a young age when his parents brought their family business to the island. Although they had to move back to the mainland a few years later, Alec returned to become a University of Hawaii Maui student after completing initial...

Jaren Ashcraft – Akamai 2018

Jaren was born and raised in Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii, where he cultivated his love of sciences in the presence of the telescopes on Mauna Kea. Currently, he is enrolled in the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics pursuing a major in...