A TRUSTWORTHY RECORD


Experience with Improving Public Education

  • Served as a member of Board of Education

  • Served as a member of Hawaiʻi Teacher Standards Board

  • Served as Chair of the Career and Technical Education Coordinating Advisory Council for UH

  • Served on Dean’s Advisory Council for John A. Burns School of Medicine

Experience with Supporting Families out of Homelessness

  • Recruited Pro Bono Attorneys for legal clinics in Homeless Shelters

  • Work with social service providers to house unsheltered families

  • Provide affordable housing opportunities to families qualified for housing assistance

  • Advisory Council for Residential Youth Services & Empowerment

  • Participate in the Annual Point-In-Time Count of Unsheltered Residents

Experience with Solving Problems through Community Collaborations

  • Co-Founded the Chamber of Sustainable Commerce

  • Leveraged private funding to preserve public investment in arts in schools

  • Partnered with community organizations and state agencies to reduce bullying

  • Worked with small businesses and students to produce fundraiser for cancer research


PAID Work Experiences in Hawaiʻi

  • Hawai‘i State Senate: Legislative Assistant

  • State of Hawaiʻi, Board of Education: Board Member

  • AQuA Rentals, LLC (Affordable Quality Apartment Rentals, LLC): Property Management

  • Volunteer Legal Services Hawaiʻi: Managing Attorney

  • Monterey Bay Canners (Ward Center): Waitress

  • Chowder House (Ward Warehouse): Waitress

  • Hilo Hattie, Pomare, Ltd: retail sales clerk

  • Roberts Hawaiʻi: Car Washer, Reservationist, Beverage Server

  • Gannett Corporation (Honolulu Star-Bulletin): Newspaper Home-Delivery

Community Service

  • Board of Directors for Partners In Care

  • Board of Directors of HAPA

  • Commissioner on the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission

  • Board of Directors for Hawaiʻi People’s Fund

  • Board of Directors for Kūlia Nā Mamo

  • Pro Bono Attorney for Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii

  • Volunteer with Legal Aid Society of Hawaiʻi

  • Volunteer with Project Visitation of the Nā Keiki Law Center

  • Coordinator of youth leadership development program (New York)

  • Volunteer Guardian Ad Litem, representing kids in foster care

  • Member of Safe Schools Community Advisory Committee for Department of Education

  • Candy-Striper with Kapiʻolani Women and Children’s Hospital (as a youth)

  • Volunteer with Red Cross of Hawaiʻi (as a youth)


 

Democrat for State House
Representing:
ALA MOANA • Kaka‘ako • Downtown