Career Pathways
Arts and Communications
Why sing in the shower, when all the world's a stage?
- Multi-disciplined Artist :Willow Chang

- “I’ve always been an artistically inclined person; it doesn’t feel like a choice, but a part of my emotional DNA. It’s who I am. It’s what I was born to do.”
- Fashion Designer : Allison Izu Song

- Allison Izu Song, 31, found her place in Hawai‘i’s fashion industry by tailoring a denim line to fit petite women like herself.
- Director of Photography: Michael Kalili

- Michael Kalili’s photography career first started with cleaning toilets. But, all that hard work paid off because the freelance photographer is now the director of photography for Spike TV’s reality show...
- Lead Instructor: Peter Shin

- From a young age, Peter Shin had healing hands. The 10-year-old boy rubbed his mother’s achy shoulders at holiday celebrations, while his other relatives waited their turn.
- Webmaster: Casey Cho

- Most parents raise their children with an ideal life in mind. Casey Cho's parents were no different.
- Disc Jockey: Sam The Man

- There is so much more to being a disc jockey (DJ) than going to parties and meeting famous celebrities. As Sam The Man likes to put it, you’re the voice of the people.
- Station Technician: Aaron Chun

- For Aaron Chun, television production sparked an interest in him while he was already in college.
- Literary Writer: Lee Tonouchi

- Growing up, the first Pidgin word that Lee Tonouchi learned was "bumbye."
- Newspaper Photographer: Andrew Shimabuku

- Andrew Shimabuku picked up a camera four years ago and started snapping shots of things that struck his fancy on a stay in Japan-with no formal training or fancy equipment.
- Hair Stylist: Kiyoshi Mizuta

- Four years prior to becoming a hair stylist, Kiyoshi patiently paid his dues, working his way up the ladder.
- Graphic Designer: Brian John Sabate

- Sabate, 30, earned a degree in graphic design from the University of Washington, and returned to Hawaii in 1999...
- Fashion Designer: Chelsea Gines

- This 18-year-old swimsuit designer with the Pink C design company, knew exactly what she wanted to do right from the get go.
- Filmmaker: Edgy Lee

- For artist and filmmaker Edgy Lee, the notion of transition is an all too familiar experience.
- Sports Anchor: Steven Uyehara

- It's almost like a job for an adrenaline-junkie. Just to be able to say that you did all that you did - that's HUGE.