Born and raised in Waipahu, Hawaii. The first in the family to attend college and graduate with a bachelor's and master's degree. Has worked with students in multiple capacities through chartered student organizations, financial aid, tutoring, academic success, and currently in academic advising. In spare time (which is really spare), the occasional mobile or video game might be played.
M.A. Communication; University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, May 2018
B.A. Humanities, Concentration English; University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu, May 2015
August 2019 - Present
College Success Advisor
University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu
January 2019 - Present
Lecturer
Public Administration Program
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
October 2015 - August 2019
Learning and Success Coordinator
University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu
August 2016 - May 2018
Graduate Assistant
School of Communications
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
- Introduction to Communication
- Effective Communication in Public Administration
- The University Experience
Intercultural competence, video games, food security, distance education.
- Graduate Assistant, School of Communications, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
- P20 Gear Up Math Summer Bridge Grant
- University System Performance Funds
- "Do Videogames Interculturate?: The Development of Intercultural Competence through Social Interactions in Warframe" - May 2018
- Co-presenter. (2019, April). RaW Interactivity: Building Community in Online Research and Writing Workshops. Teaching, Colleges & Community, Honolulu, HI.
- Co-presenter. (2019, March). RaW Knowledge: Building Alliances for Research and Writing. UH System First Year Writing Symposium, Honolulu, HI.
- Co-presenter. (2018, July). RaW (Research and Writing) Skills: Synchronous Online Academic Workshops for at a Commuter Campus. Conference on Writing Program Administration, Sacramento, CA.
- Presenter. (2018, May). Do Video Games Interculturate?: In-game Social Interactions and Intercultural Competence. 68th Annual International Communication Association Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Co-presenter. (2017, August). #CommunicationGoalsAF: Being a Better Communicator. UHWO Lā Punua, Kapolei, HI.
- Presenter. (2017, March). Reimagining Filipin@. Pamantasan Conference 2017, Honolulu, HI.
- Co-presenter. (2016, August). Snapchat Screenshots and Awkward Emails: Social Media in Education. UHWO Lā Punua, Kapolei, HI.
- Presenter. (2015, May). A Postmodern Score: Grand Theft Auto V and the Literacy of Video Games. Humanities Student Conference, Kapolei, HI.
- Hess Miller Foundation Recipient, 2018
- Shirley McKown Scholarship Fund Scholarship Recipient, 2016
- Doris Ching Scholarship for Access recipient, 2014
- UHWO Chancellor’s Award Recipient, 2014
- Title IX
- OnCourse
- Safe Zone
- safeTALK
- BIT
- Appreciative Advising
- Foundations for Effective Academic Advising
- Mānoa Academy: Beijing, 2017
- National Academic Advising Association member
- National Association of Student Personnel Administrators member
- Lambda Pi Eta National Communication Association Honor Society member
- Golden Key International Honour Society member
- International Communication Association member
- Filipino Association of University Women member
- LAING Hawai'i member
- Kealaikahiki Success Team Coach
- Financial Aid Coach
- UHF Scholarship Committee Chair