Career Pathways

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.

Sales Assistant: Teona Marie Cosare

There’s no escaping the fact that college costs are rising. According to College Board, the majority of families paid an average yearly increase of $95 to $1,404 between 2007 and 2008.

Registered Nurse: Teresa Chow

or Teresa Chow, every workday is a reminder of the miracle and joy of life. As a postpartum nurse at Kaiser Moanalua Medical Center, she takes care of the women who have recently...

Operating Engineer: Keeley Bontog

Most young girls grow up admiring their mothers. But Keeley Bontog was born with her dad’s gear-head genes. And, as daddy’s girl, she had an inherent inquisitiveness for tools, cars...

Research Assistant: Ayja Nakasone

As a kid, Ayja Nakasone’s grandmother would baby-sit her, and the two would spend countless hours outside in her grandmother’s garden on the Windward side of O‘ahu.

Crisis Therapist: Christopher Smith

As a youth in Sacramento, Calif., Christopher Smith dreamed of joining the CIA and becoming an operations officer in China.

ROTC Recruiter: Kenneth Lee

Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, once said, “Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.”