Next semester, try taking one class that you're curious about, even if it's not required. It's a great way to figure out if you want to pursue the subject further or if it's not for you.

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Your participation in politics at the local, state, and federal level can make a big difference. Check out this cheat sheet for easy ways to start getting involved today! 

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Explore as many opportunities as you can and take chances. 

As governor, I am a pubic servant. My daily goal is to ensure that the government is responsive to the needs of citizens and solving problems that they face. 

Governor

I'm Governor David Ige. I'm actually an electrical engineer by profession. So after I graduated from high school, it really was about exploring at the University of Hawaii, thinking about what I wanted to do. I started as an undeclared major and got into the engineering program pretty quickly. So I'm currently the Governor of the State of Hawaii. A lot of people think is very different than my career as an engineer. But I did work as an engineer for 34 years, and I've been a public servant. I was first appointed to the state house in 1985, and I was elected for 9 years in the state house. And then I ran for the state senate, and was elected and served 20 years in the state senate. And then I decided to run for governor and was elected in the 2014 election. &gt;&gt; What was your greatest challenge in your career, now, that you've faced, and how have you overcome that? &gt;&gt; The biggest challenge that I've ever had in my life was my decision to run for governor. At the point that I decided to run, I was running against an incumbent. And never in the history of the state of Hawaii has anyone ever beaten an incumbent for reelection. So, clearly, we were taking on a challenge and doing something that had never been done before. And it really was about working hard and really just believing that we could do it, and it just started from that. And it really was about reaching out and talking with as many people as we could. We didn't have enough money for advertising, so it really was about winning an election in a very nontraditional and unconventional way. I never really started out planning to run for office. It was an opportunity that came to me. I really was focused on my career as an engineer, math and science came easy. Trying to solve problems, finding creative solutions, applying technologies, just something that I just am passionate, and I enjoy doing. The public service part, it's kind of a variant of my wanting to be engaged. As a student, I always felt that, besides the study, that there was more to life at a school than just being in class and studying. And for me, I truly felt that the government had gotten away from being responsive to the needs of its citizens. And many of my friends went away to take jobs on the mainland, because there weren't as many career opportunities here in the islands. At the point that I decided to run, I found that being an elected official just allowed me to make a bigger impact on people. And so for me, it was the perfect combination. I could continue to do the things that I enjoy doing in solving problems and finding solutions. And I could have an impact in public service in helping to create more jobs and opportunities. And so I became passionate about both. &gt;&gt; Kids all over the country ask themselves, what do they want to do? What kind of advice would you have to get to those kinds of kids, and to us, about pursuing a career? &gt;&gt; To explore as much as you can and take advantage of the opportunities. And I would just encourage students to go for it, to explore things that they know that they care about and enjoy. But I would also encourage them to explore things that they might not even think about. There are so many opportunities, I think, and you don't know if you'll find your passion, if you don't try it. Because I just see so many opportunities for young people, and you will never know what you truly enjoy until you give it a chance. 

Interview

I'm Governor Davide Ige. I'm actually an electrical engineer by profession. So after I graduated from high school, it really was about exploring at the University of Hawaii, thinking of about what I wanted to do. The biggest challenge that I've ever had in life was my decision to run for governor. At that point that I decided to run, I was running against an incumbant. Never in the history of the state of Hawaii has anyone ever beaten an incumbent for re-election. So clearly we were taking on a challenge and doing something that had never been done before. &gt;&gt; Kids all over the country ask themselves what do they want to do? What kind of advice would you have to give to those kinds of kids and to us about pursuing a career? &gt;&gt; Sure, to explore as much as you can and take advantage of the opportunities. And I would just encourage our students to go for it. To explore things that they know that they care about and enjoy. But I would also encourage them to explore things that may not even think about. 

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What was your greatest challenge in your career now that you faced, and how have you overcome that? &gt;&gt; The biggest challenge that I've ever had in my life was my decision to run for governor. At the point that I decided to run I was running against an incumbent. And never in the history of the state of Hawaii has anyone ever beaten an incumbent for re-election. So clearly, we were taking on a challenge and doing something that had never been done before. And it really was about working hard and really just believing that we could do it. 

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Hard Work

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I never really started out planning to run for office. It was an opportunity that came to me. I was really was focused on my career as an engineer. Math and science came easy, trying to solve problems, finding creative solutions, applying technology, is just something that I just am passionate and I enjoy doing. The public service part, I guess is kind of a variant of my wanting to be engaged as a student. I always felt that besides the study, that there was more to life at a school than just being in class and studying. And for me, I truly felt that the government had gotten away from being responsive to the needs of its citizens. And so for me was the perfect combination. I could continue to do the things that I enjoy doing in solving problems and finding solutions. And I could have an impact in public service and helping to create more jobs and opportunities. And so I became passionate about both. 

Fulfillment

I Became Passionate About Both

To explore as much as you can and take advantage of the opportunities. And I would just encourage students to go for it. To explore things that they know that they care about and enjoy. But I would also encourage them to explore things that they might not even think about. There are so many opportunities, I think, and you don't know if you'll find your passion if you don't try it. 

Explore As Much As You Can

What do you think was the biggest lesson you learned in your careers? Whichever career it may have been. &gt;&gt; For me, it really is about finding your passion. It's about doing something that you enjoy doing, cuz you'll be doing it for a very long time. It's really about being committed to excellence. It's not so much about doing your work to get by. I think people know when you really are passionate about what you're doing. They can see when you make an effort. And it really is something that comes from you rather then you just doing something to check it off. It's about being able to set priorities about what's most important to you, because there are lots of choices that we all make in our lives. And it's really about getting grounded and feeling good about the choices you make. 

Passion

Set Your Priorities

You've, obviously, done a lot of work, and you've gotten to such a high place. I would assume that you would have good connections to that. How did you build those connections and those kinds of relationships with people to get where you are now? &gt;&gt; I don't know if it's so much having connections as hard work. I never really started out planning to run for office. It was an opportunity that came to me. I was first appointed to a vacancy in the state House of Representatives by governor Arioshi. And what he told me is that he had been searching for young people that he thought should be involved in the public service process but probably would choose not to, if not given a chance. So he appointed me, and I've been on this path to public service ever since. I do think that it is really about doing good work. It's about being passionate and really putting yourself into the job. And people can see people who are working hard and care about what they're doing. And it's really about continuing to do that and prove yourself. 

Determination

I Took Advantage Of An Opportunity

Being the governor and having to make all these hard decisions. And then coming home and being a dad and being somebody completely different. Do you ever feel that the decisions you make as a governor kind of doesn't coincide with your other side? &gt;&gt; I mean, I've never had that situation where it doesn't align. I have pretty strong core values. I think the biggest challenge is really about balancing time. There is always something happening. There's always work to be done. And to be able to make it a priority to have some time for family, it's so important to help you keep going. 

Family

Values

Balancing Your Time

Setting Course

Hawaii Roadtrip

INSIGHTS FROM THE FILM

Take an excursion through the Hawaiian Islands with Traven, Tehani, and Keakealani, three college students from Hawaii who share a common goal: to harness their enthusiasm for the fields of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math (STEAM), and direct it towards positively shaping their state’s future. As they explore the global impact being made in their own backyards, they gradually realize that as long as they remain steered by their interests and driven by their love for Hawaii, they will never be led astray—no matter which career path they choose to take.

Powered by Hawaii’s commitment to both innovation and conservation, some of the most exciting breakthroughs in the world are taking place in paradise.

Hawai‘i has all the tools it needs to succeed in a diverse range of fields—yet, the state’s residents still feel as if their local options are limited, and many young adults are choosing to instead uproot and take their talents to the mainland. That’s why we’re sending three students from Hawai‘i on a road trip across the state to interview professionals working in engaging and impactful jobs throughout a wide array of industries, with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and the arts. Follow along to see how some of the brightest minds across Hawai‘i are doing their best work on the islands, for the islands.

Living on an island can sometimes feel restrictive—but an impactful career knows no bounds.

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Hawaii is not only home to a growing number of careers—it’s also where some of the most exciting breakthroughs in the world are taking place. That's why Strada is partnering with the career experts at Roadtrip Nation to highlight the stories of professionals doing impactful work on the islands. Share the story of your career and help young people discover how they can help Hawaii build a better future for us all.

the islands, Hawaii, Maui, and Oahu. around and meeting different people. list has some sort of epic job. people who pursue careers in- &gt;&gt; We'll combine that with people are scientists too. thousands and thousands of miles. show me what their life is like, and what my life will be like. be happy with it. actually found your true identity? a bit of a soul searching thing. kind of aligns you a little bit. I can see into this valley. I love my small town. and also benefit my community and I was just hooked. a master's degree in Biomedical Sciences. whatever the wind blows your way. don't forget where you came from. opportunity, do something to help people. that see being on the island as a setback. trip across the islands, realize it is not like that. when you are looking at the star compass, know where home is, in order to know, but how to get back. 

Setting Course Trailer

try to tell you who to be and what to do. yourself? their own roads in life. three students from the state of Hawaii. the Hawaiian islands, individuals from all walks of life. wisdom and guidance, takes to create a life around doing what you love. Setting Course. companions are going to be travelling the islands Hawaii, trip is, a RV across all the states. green RV over here on the island. be driving in Jeeps, and across the islands, and camping. get the exact same bonding experience that road trip. just kinda driving around and list has some sort of epic job. people who pursue careers in. engineering, arts, mathematics. Hawaiian culture, and hopefully can inspire us. Haleiwa, on the north shore of Oahu. that everybody basically knows each other. family in this whole community. town. you're gonna become a professional surfer. gonna go work construction, or work for different bigger industries that we have here. I was gonna be a surfer. I was doing good, I was traveling and didn't enjoy competing, not really what I want to do. I actually spontaneously applied for how to traditionally navigate. different cultural protocols. when you go to certain places. language, my practices, the sailing, together. nature, and I love my small town. this is exactly what I want to protect. me. really fueled me up to go into Biology. Whitman college, and I am a Biology and at Lokea Fish Pond. Fish Pond. of education programs, back together and running so community and take care of one another. things that my ancestors have been doing forever. where, when I graduate, what am I gonna do? sustainably care for Hawaii. this struggle with figuring my community and back home. we're just waiting for you to come back from college, lawyer, you're the one who's gonna come home and and grad school and conservation and I'm not qualified enough to go to law school. experience will just help me afterwards. about it afterwards. choose a path, for me to, figure it out. first, which was really cool. >> It's okay if it's not green. little tire cover? [MUSIC] get Traven. >> We're waiting for Tehani right now. spring and I wanna find something, it's something I need to think about. that have just graduated, doing. plans and it hasn't worked, I really want to focus Hawaiian culture as a whole, environment. general. resources. one of the many districts on the island, land division called Hialeah and that my family comes from. stove area was right here. been taken down there from a lot of people that of the archeological sites. great grandpa's old hale and born all the way up until 1919. I think that's important. help from other people, my kupuna, my ancestors. same places that generations ago, your great, they walked through. that this is where at one point your family was, that same path that they did. kids that don't reach their full potential and a setback. to do. experience. trip across the islands, to realize it's not like that. there. right. >> [LAUGH] up Kea. sitting with my backpack and it just doesn't feel real yet. the school's Hawaii campus. and getting into the groove of things. person and I know, because she took, how many AP classes? take? >> This right here is my dad, commercial fishermen. technology, into computer science. grades, now I go to Hawaii Community College. science, there's so things that I have to take. calculus one, calculus two and want to stop at precalc. of computer programs, coding. dropping one of my classes. it's like you're in a new setting, expect different things out of you. semester and a lot of hard hits. it's not very common for more technical pathways. I will not be able to complete when I'm trying school. stamina. terrible, I hate running with all my life. world. need to have a huge amount of both mental stamina and mostly mental because you're like why, it's painful, I don't like it. it and a mental toughness to it. degree in college or running a marathon. you right now that I'm so scared that life is gonna happen to me. finish their program because things get in the way. those things to just overpower me and that's like, you could just faint right now, just stay there until somebody picks you up, you're done. part of me that's like, at the finish line? waiting for me, like my mom, my dad, end. I need to show them that I can do it. finish. in my head. look up to as a role model. are? family life and get where you are? kind of show me what their life is like and what my life will be like. what I do, be happy with it. the back. get a green Jeep or anything, but trip, it was actually the together. to somebody's house or interview somebody or a [FOREIGN] which is a gift. a lei to each of the people that we're interviewing much for giving your time. leaf leis. and protection and things. give away to people are things that into it. it. that we're talking about putting our manna emotions, good feelings. pass onto other people. our first interview. Misaki Takabayashi, the interim dean for Sciences. curriculum that incorporates hawaiian culture and >> Mine is the most straight forward, >> Most boring pathway, maybe it's because >> Do you even wonder if not, you folks do seem to have that. students, of soul searching thing. actually found your true identity? moment? happens in like ta-da one morning I woke up and that. and I think you're discovering. my entire self identity, right, for everybody. I grew up in Australia. but I grew up in Australia. who is a Filipino girl, and ourselves because we were two out of 400-500 people, minority or how non-mainstream I was. actually, some of you might be doing this, leaving a big chunk of me behind our home, stepping thinking I'm a science student like everybody else. how to compartmentalize myself into somebody who the Japanese knowledge behind and a science college student no cultural background. behind in my journey, right? having to integrate myself, so person. because is there a struggle? in my mind to do certain things and wanted to do criminology and that was the big thing. yeah, go for it, go for it. bit to marine science and environmental science. came into the picture. from family wasn't quite the same, are you wasting your time doing get you anywhere in life? how you fit in your universe, right? like Hawaiian studies where you come from, therefore, and with your universe. you yourself behind at home to come to college. your ancestors and all of who you are, fit right, let yourself explore why that is, right. comfortable? bringing up questions or who did I don't have all of the people in me helping? said was really helpful. saying, as a college student, or left some of herself at home. was in my science crisis too. compartmentalize yourself and you learn to become one that's when are. early. Gonsalves. a little bit about Dennis Gonsalves. raised on a sugarcane plantation. viruses and you would see nothing but ring spot virus actually took over all the crops. he actually created a GMO papaya and the crops. cool guy, something years old now and still going. plantation and that ever went to college. me, but in the end, it's just like golfing or whatever. swing is. University of Hawaii, and Agriculture, he says, hey, disease right here of papaya. are infected with the virus. were being destroyed, they were losing their farms. we insert part of the virus regenerate the papaya. it will make it resistant, looks like it could work. we can help the industry. in all of my accomplishments and creating a GMO papaya, I wonder, personal definition of success? doing all this work, but scientists. for my masters degree, he said you know, something to help people, and I remembered that. farmers. plantation only 80 miles from here and Hawaii. I hope I'd be successful, And I think, you young people, don't forget where you came from. opportunity, do something to help people. sing a song. because it's about dreaming. [MUSIC] the best part of the interview. >> Okay, Rainbow. this is a person dreaming. okay? Way up high♪ dreamed of Once in a lullaby♪ Blue birds fly♪ dreamed of Dreams really do come true ooh♪ >> So dream. is at the foundation. generations depends on it. profession of volcanology. college, it's a golden opportunity yourself to new ideas, whole new fields. Maui. problems that need to be solved now have to be done thinking.

The journey begins; the students interview two scientists working on the Island of Hawai'i.

Episode 1: Don't Forget Where You Came From

try to tell you who to be and what to do. yourself? that empowers people life. three students from the State of Hawaii. the Hawaiian Islands, individuals from all walks of life. wisdom and guidance to find out what it actually around doing what you love. Setting Course. Hawaii. it to the morning traffic and Park and, Mr. Jim Kauahikaua. up top in the observatory lookout, us and the lava splashing up. special because not a lot of people can go up there, time, which is, I guess, a good thing that we weren't facing was just kind of zoned out. is to monitor the activity of Hawaiian volcanoes understand a lot about how volcanoes work, this, how did that form? project, mostly on this island in Maui, lead to my big geophysicist working on Hawaiian here at the volcano observatory. sites on just Hawaii Island. you can only get to by helicopter. that our technician crew, people at the observatory [LAUGH]. >> Because if there was no instrumentation none of that data was coming in, observatory would be sitting around twiddling their have nothing to do. you are here as a geologist? to University in Southern California and fortunately, through the four basics, biology, chemical, Introduction to Geology first. moment I knew I wanted to be a geologist. it's kind of like a roundabout way. and rolls. it, I was thinking, yeah, rock and roll, cool >> But it turns out rocks and rolls time, I was exposed to this profession and particular volcanology. flowing, and got to scoop it, and hooked. Disney ride, like the Pirates of the Caribbean. what you wanted to do about geology? student. midway through college, I'm sure you guys the curriculum you're interested in. doubt, do I really wanna do this? I'm fairly new to the college game. it's been a real transition for me. and yeah, it's hard. it's just a pre-requisite, and I'm afraid that if I pre-requisite, simple biology, interest in things that are deeper into the topic? you're the boss. money to teach you this curriculum. when you're in class, with that employee of yours which is the professor. set up a meeting with your professor and here. I'm not getting any of it. out? the boss. >> It's kind of cool to hear you talk wanna go. you want to get there. really excites me that there are people like you. >> I'm excited by your enthusiasm for that it can still happen in a local environment. >> Imuah means to go forward, >> Thank you so much. good stuff to say to us. like, this is my life and a lot of confidence. [MUSIC] observatory. in the past few years and the most activity I'd seen. we were just kinda talking and watching the volcano, for the glow to come out, and then it did. growing up as a child I Pele. scientific side of things, and understanding volcanos, legends? literally. about to see it and to witness it and acts sort of randomly, but not quite randomly. that there are, well, that there are other forces involved. some sort of supernatural thing going on, an incredible phenomenon to watch. or an amazing thing to witness. and or community had a fish pond, was designed to basically feed the entire community and certain types of fish so you didn't have to go out. one of the founders of Honokea Fishpond. loko i'a, and I pond where anyone can be together, I was just blown away. start. first started putting the loko i'a together, >> [CROSSTALK] jamming. community know that we talked to the schools, and we're gonna start working on the loko i'a. we're meeting other loko i'a people, resources, how to properly build a rock wall, and more to just continue. give us a little tour? yeah. come, we say, hey this is how we build it. hollow in the space in the middle for the fish, but we just tell them what it's for. use their imaginations and think the fish might like it, right? collaborative project I've seen in a long time. school groups, they bring in anyone who's interested. they're like come, come help us. Hawaiian culture and also. >> Modern science. >> In college, I go to Whitman and and where you come from and why I wanna go into that my people are scientists, too. not exactly the same way you think and with that. lives of the future generations depends on it. that's what it's all about. foundation, the practices are for system was created, for I'm talking Hawaiian humans. Hawaiian fish and Hawaiian, anything to make this place thrive. importance of our Hawaiian culture first. kinda reaffirm that as much as I love science I my identity as a person. In other words eat what get, or it's be happy with what you have. Hilo after few days. Came over here and we're in Kona. we fly to Mali which is pretty exciting. Natural Energy Lab of Hawaii Authority. is use the resources that we have here, sea water and the different ways to use them. this place so many times, times, but I just never did. can find someone there and I found Keith. wanted to give us a tour of the facility and which makes sense being the chief science officer. >> Do they ever try to sneak out? NELHA are those get out and aqua culture, so you have to feed the fish, but water. moment to understand how much energy you can create, have our energy a 100% renewable by 2045. you need to come up with technologies like this. that's what you need to do. >> NELHA, it was really cool. facilities and the companies like Neil. Neil Sims, being the Kampachi Farms cofounder. obviously from the accent, grew up one and beach. the water as we are here now. goofing off at the beach, surfing and always had an ant farm, I had a butterfly collection, disaster, ask my mum about that. biology was, if you do biology in Australia you're gonna be a kangaroo biologist. from the ocean out somewhere in the Outback. I wanted be somewhere near the water. fisheries biologist and a marine biologist. wreak havoc out there in the ocean. is going to be nine billion people. planet makes about as much sense to feed all of Europe. billion people with seafood, we figure out how to farm. food from 70% of its ocean space. out how to sustainably grow where we've got room to grow. here, these are all on this side, feed trials are going on. got about 20 Kampachi and diets. them. >> Whoa. >> I didn't really know what to think of. plant, but different type of energy plant. I was kinda like ooh, because he was doing farming fish, I was like no. an interview where they're just gonna grill the guy? was a fish biologist. different things. that I'd be like yeah, of cool. fish and algae and limu and all this kind of stuff. not being used anywhere in our islands? college, it's a golden opportunity yourself to new ideas, whole new fields. undergraduate, the middle of the campus. sciences were on this side. did a geography course. I took that was on the other side of the creek first one. ocean. an understanding from one location and location, that's really powerful. be, you gotta build bridges. themselves. out into the broader scientific community and other people are doing. that and exchange ideas with them. bouncing around, the better your ideas become. bridge. who's going to cross the creek? >> I saw you writing it. bridge with? right? [MUSIC] >> Neal Simms, his main cross the creek, cross the ocean and build bridges. in somewhere and try something new. I'd have to take a step back and a tourist perspective. that I really realized what there was. beautiful beach. in Waipi'o Valley, and I loved. >> Sometimes you really have to tourist's perspective where you go around the island and by the simplest things, just found something you might be passionate about. Maui. the Jeep and then we're going to all go to the airport. >> Mm-hm. airport. island >> With the time we had, we did great with of the island, different things you can experience here. surface of what's on this island. week to this trip and come back. that we're gonna use to travel around Maui with, all of our Roadtrip Nation gear. be up pretty early to go whale watching. research vessel that serves for NOAA. >> Thank you. Ted, they were our crew. the gear that they used to free entangled whales. pole. this little end right here? whale, straight into the whale, right? [SOUND]. that fluke, right, that's stuck right there. right? >> Hello. stern. expecting us to see a lot of whales, we ended up seeing a lot. >> [SOUND] seeing, like way off in the distance and another spout and see another spout and then coming up right behind us. like for the first time, was doing little tricks for us and doing chin slaps. the baby. off in the distance we'd see another whale jump talking back and forth. problems that needed to be solved now have to be thinking. meet people like you and reason to be optimistic. climate change, I think that we're gonna solve we're gonna solve a lot of things. out. despair and direction the environment's going. human ingenuity and the ability to use science the really important problems. future >> You're making me all optoimistic too [LAUGH} >> The average age of the engineer the man on the moon was 29. when they set forth that dream we are gonna put a man on you individually can say, what is my man-on-the-moon goal that have to think in order to move this forward. just what do I want to do for a living but, really, me? school you are the next generation you hear it from your teacher and people who work in these fields. NOAA, people who are in conservation, or different things that are so they're telling us, that people like me, generation of leaders who make things a lot planet, that I think that's very inspiring, like how much change can one person bring. one person can bring a lot of change. we do change for the better. finally came to my island which is Oahu. the Pipe Masters was going on. things that we look out when we're predicting waves. that are gonna generate wind over the ocean. that are gonna generate wind over the ocean. first time I got on the canoe, it's like I never really left the canoe. the highest peak on Oahu. cool.

The road-trippers travel to the island of Maui and visit a humpback whale sanctuary.

Episode 2: Cross the Ocean, Build Bridges

try to tell you who to be and what to do. yourself? that empowers people to define their own roads three students from the state of Hawaii. the Hawaiian islands, individuals from all walks of life. wisdom and guidance to find out what it actually around doing what you love. Setting Course. Bakery. really fast. were doing our first interview. dreading it because it's going to end so soon. enjoy it in the moment. guess. it's gonna feel like even longer Maui to Oahu and we're gonna be doing so much more. different people, I would never in my lifetime who has made the GMO papaya. papaya industry in Hawaii and the entire planet. energy plant, like I would never do that. happening in that plant at all. facility and more fields in that area. never would have thought that I'd be like, yeah, of cool. people think they can't have careers in more family. fishermen. technology, into computer science. College. of things that I have to take. calculus one, calculus two, and wanna stop at pre-calc. because math is hard, first of all. types of computer programs, I have been taking for dropping one of my classes. I will not be able to complete cuz things get in the way. happens. who I can look up to as a role model. family life and get where you are? kind of show me what their life is like and life will be like, you know? what I do, be happy to fit. towards Makawao Town. her name is Chriselle Galapon. the solar telescope up at Haleakala. I was actually born in the Philippines. I was in the same boat as you. to medical school, I wanted to go the opposite way. I went more towards technology. honestly, I like to be hands-on. from the Philipines? we are kind of similar in body type. a short little girl, short, always chipper and happy, and stuff like that. not take me seriously. would go more towards a caretaker. little position. a computer science, technology geek. issue with your family where they medical field. engineer. overcome not being taken seriously? do this cuz you're a girl. short [LAUGH]. more, to prove them wrong, that I can do it. whether it required me taking a ladder. studying more to prove them wrong, doing. you. think? happy. minorities, Filipino. about not being taken seriously because we're small, what else everybody thinks? that are gonna tell you something a grain of salt and move forward. finally came to my island which is Oahu. new jeep. of all the past interviews. nice to be closer to home. got ready to go to Mount Ka'ala. the highest peak on Oahu. which I was glad to do. north shore all the way to Waimea. >> Sorry guys, but whoa. video. there. coming back. see the North Shore, and it was like, god, here. we got to the top, top part. went down this boardwalk. of the stuff in there was native species. doing some invasive species removal work. herbicide right on the end right there, so all the native plants can come back in and this stuff. to put a little pesticide on weeds and feels so important to my community and so general. Tuka Alla, we went on Wheeler base where they nursery and we got to interview Kapua. her longer because she had so cool. greenhouse right here. threatened endangered species, them? to the best of your ability? different paths that these plants are on to. situations in the wild, right, so extremely endangered. lab? >> Yes. those species that are on that verge opportunity just to be this close to it. bank, which was amazing. they're preparing for these things. refrigerator, showing us the stages that they go through then how they just grow into small plants and go out into the greenhouse and be repopulated, especially Native Hawaiian students, they like to connect their identity as a Native Hawaiian. program, or how you have done it in your work. of the places that my ancestors went to and those places are familiar with. and the Wahi Pana. to reconnect to that, I think more and the effort, and build this into their life. lives. rewarding. and don't get in other jobs. who she is. as like a botanist, as a conservationist, [LAUGH] This is amazing. really put it [LAUGH]. Ka'ala. from being a little girl, and I wake up, up at the mountains, and there's Ka'ala. my bucket list, and I finally got to go. now, I can understand the true ahupua'a system. that's where everything comes from. that's really powerful. and where you come from. standing in the mist and being surrounded by ohea and plants, animals. and we drove to my side of the island. we're gonna go interview Kevin Wallis, Surfline, particularly. around the world, which is pretty cool. town and I was like okay, now we're on my turf. Haleiwa on the north shore of Oahu. town. you're gonna become a professional surfer. you are going to go work construction. industries that we have here. was gonna be a surfer. I was doing good, I was travelling. didn't enjoy competing and really what I wanted to do. >> It just so was going on that same time. guy like pointing the camera. and then turn to the TV and feeling the energy of it was super cool. though I've never actually watched a surf competition to surf a little bit better. but they were really fun, clean and green. always had on my mind, it was like a left breaking wave, good turn I ever did. I was like so stoked, I can turn, flick of a turn probably. particular really set me on the path that I'm on now. having fun your whole life I think, shore, I understand that a lot of kids growing of what we're surrounded by. just because of the way it all works. take the surfer path and for surfing and what do you think? become a professional surfer of the highest low chance of achieving that. extinguish someone's dreams of doing that. try and fan the flames of at least a plan b, the surf industry at some capacity. are opportunities that exist just beyond which is just really hard to do. how do you predict the waves? things that we look at when we're predicting waves, how waves work, water. that are gonna generate wind over the ocean, measure the winds in the storm. heights in the storm and how long it might last. Kevin Wallace, and welcome back to that's effective on Wednesday, October 5th. storm will impact the Hawaiian islands over northwest swell of the season there. which was almost 17 years ago, loved to do every day. to live at the beach, but at first. at 4:45 and I worked every weekend for holidays all the time. that I don't know if everybody would be you could have your dream job 15 years from now. weekend, you'd have to work super early mornings, things. people would take that opportunity. embodiment of everything, work, play, life, can you offer any sort of advice for that. advice I would give to you would be, if you find be willing to do it for not much money to start. work hard, for me, it's paid off so I'm a believer. much that its not just being laid back and all these different organizations or make the surfing industry work. of the surfing industry more, not just a surfer. Slater or the next John John Florence, Wallace. [LAUGH]. interview Bonnie Kahapea, I met her through program started by Kanehunamoku Voyaging Academy. students to traditional Polynesian navigation, observations and what you see around you to navigate. wind, use the birds, use life, because that's really all you have, ocean. tree, a tree house, not just a tree but a tree house. way at the Pipe Masters to super calm and afternoon. think in high school started paddling and wanna be in the ocean a lot. U.H. Hilo and loved it, and got really learning about who I am, where I come from. I got introduced to the voyaging canoes. first time I got on the canoe, it's like I've never really the left the canoe. we sailed from Hawaii to Micronesia, and Piailug, our master navigator, you guys heard of him? ancestor at the time, so it was like we were so the experience was totally profound. voyage cam to an end, we asked him, you have to share what you have learned, really an outcome of that experience. you have, the top things that you have learned? that I've learned is the balance, life becomes a lot simpler. because we find the better part of ourselves is there. those that are struggling with self-identity, specifically here in Hawaii, top issues university students face. for kids that are going through those times and voyage. is, halau ho‘okahi. You don't just learn everything at one school. really just learn as much as you can and formulate who you're gonna be. walk around, it's beautiful. about the crazy moments, and calm and beautiful whoa moments. the system of navigation that Mau has used and thousands of years. This is mind blowing and 20 days at sea, and you see nothing. gonna see the island today and then there it is. that? Google Maps to get to some place right? >> Your ancestors could navigate for miles. brilliant people that ever walked the planet. retrain ourselves to gain that type of mind. to get away from those things ao that really the environment can come in. were to drop like you and ocean, like right now just with a boat. able to find your way back? from. right, that doesn't work. >> That doesn't work. know where you came from. back. you're always finding your way back. you're always going home. No matter where you go, have to know where home is in order to know, but how to get back. way? that will always remind you? think so. powerful thing. always wanted to go away, I've grown up and this is my home. made feel like a had a little bit of confidence and home. I can find my way back no matter what. when you're looking at the star compass is that you're always the center, opened my eyes in like a completely different way. and also benefit my community and I can't imagine wanting anything more. the rest of the interviews. stories. planning to run for office. to me. maybe I have a different path. with me for the rest of my life, right? friends for years to come.

The road-trippers reach O&#x2BB;ahu, their trip&#x2019;s third and final island destination.

Episode 3: Know Where Home Is

After an interview with Governor David Y. Ige, the road trip comes to a close.

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Setting Course