2019, Astronomy, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island
Leomana Turalde is a Hilo native. He was raised in Hawaiian emersion schools until his last year and graduated from Waiakea High School. He Joined the Marine Corps Infantry in 2005 and served in multiple combat tours with the Marine Force Reconnaissance Teams. In...
2019, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island, Mechanical Engineering
Makena was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii and attended Kamehameha Schools Hawaii. She now attends Smith College in Massachusetts where she is currently pursuing her bachelor’s of science in Engineering with a minor in Architecture and Urbanism. As a student athlete,...
2019, Computer Science, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island
Stacey Yanagihara was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Her main interest is in video game development and software engineering. If she is not working or...
2019, Hawaii Island, Mechanical Engineering, Oahu
Danielle was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii and graduated from Kalani High School. She is currently studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Mãnoa. She has growing interests in space from her projects with the Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory...
2019, Computer Science, Hawaii Island, Hawaii Island
Nick was born and raised on the Big Island of Hawai’i, and is in the senior year of his computer science degree at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo. He has entrepreneurial ambitions, is a big proponent of natural conservation and hopes to utilize computer...
2019, Astronomy, Hawaii Island, Mainland
Jennifer was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA and moved to the Big Island in 2011. In 2007 she received her BA in Illustration where she pursued a career in art and became a teacher and then a tattoo artist for 5 years. Currently, Jennifer is going into her senior...
