My Job Is Constructing Lightweight Outrigger Canoes in Hawai‘i
George Wilson oversees manufacturing at the Kailua-based Kamanu Composites, where canoes are produced for the global paddling community.
Author: Aimee Wickler
My Job Is Leading Patient Simulations to Help Train UH Nursing Students
Alex Munro turned his theater background into a unique role guiding actors who perform as patients, including difficult conversations and emotions.
My Job Is Sharpening Hawai‘i’s Saws, Scissors and Knives
From his Kalihi workshop, Dexter Freitas has sharpened blades for cooks, print shops, furniture makers and others since 1988.
My Job Is Analyzing and Improving People’s Work Lives
From her Hawai‘i home, Amazon researcher Natalie Perez uses interviews, focus groups, surveys and more to understand employee experiences across the globe.
Polio Was This Agency’s First Crisis, Maui Wildfires Are the Latest
Founded in 1947, Imua Family Services is providing critical supplies for Maui families and healing playtime for traumatized keiki.
Honolulu Museum of Art Is Enjoying a Renaissance of Engagement
Attendance is up 70% from pre-pandemic years – and this time more locals than tourists are coming for the exhibitions and events.
My Job Is Teaching the Next Generation of Voyagers
Bonnie Kahape‘a-Tanner helped found the Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy, which uses a double-hulled sailing canoe in its Hawaiian culture programs.
You’re Fired! Trump-Style Termination of Exemplary Hawaiʻi Judge Leaves Questions
Immigration Judge Clarence M. Wagner Jr.’s long federal career cut short by a three-sentence email. “Disappointed” and “hurt,” the self-proclaimed “poster child for public service” still offers advice to improve the immigration court system.
All of Hawaii's Eight Gecko Species are Nonnative
Geckos are iconic in Hawaiʻi, as much as pineapples or ukuleles, and, like them, are not native to the Islands. The Polynesians brought them here about 1,500 years ago along with other plants and animals.
