Meet the Fellows

Cohort 2 (2025 – 2026)

List of 22 items.

Audrey Shannon, University Laboratory School

Interests:
Climate Change and Mental Health

Internship Site:
Climate Change and Health Working Group
Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute (HIPHI) and John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)
Audrey Wee, Punahou School

Interests:
Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Business Practices

Internship Site:
Wahiawā Value – Added Product Development Center
Cody Kajioka, Punahou School

Interests:
Clean Energy Transition

Internship Site:
Hawaiian Electric
Janey Chang, Mid Pac Institute

Interests:
ʻĀina Based Solutions

Internship Site:
Lyon Arboretum
Janiah Yago, Punahou School

Interests:
Urban Planning and Multi-modal Transportation

Internship Site:
Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization
Jayden Cascayan, Waipahu High School

Interests:
Urban Planning and Multi-modal Transportation

Internship:
Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization
Jayzen Garcia, Waipahu High School

Internship Site:
Climate Change and Health Working Group
Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute (HIPHI) and John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)
Joel Kim, Punahou School

Interests:
Clean Energy Transition

Internship Site:
Hawaiian Electric
Kotone Springer, Waipahu High School

Interests:
Climate Resiliency Fund

Internship Site:
Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency
Kyla Miyamoto, Punahou School

Interests:
Climate Action and Tracking

Internship Site:
Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency
La‘ila‘ikuhonua Ka‘opua-Winchester, Kamehameha Schools Kapalama

Interests:
ʻĀina Based Solutions

Internship Site:
Lyon Arboretum
Lakeisha Quitog, Waipahu High School

Interests:
Sustainability Consulting

Internship Site:
Hua Nani Partners
Lia Ho, Punahou School

Interests:
Sustainability and Marketing for Hawaiʻi Small Businesses

Internship Site:
Mana Up
Maile Dunn, Punahou School

Interests:
Food Systems Policy

Internship Site:
Hawaiʻi State Legislature
Maile Sargent, Punahou School

Interests:
Food Production in Urban Spaces

Internship Site:
Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency
Mariam Yassine, James Campbell High School

Interests:
Hawaiʻiʻs Transportation Plan

Internship Site:
Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation
Norah Pu, Punahou School

Interests:
Hawaiʻi’s Transportation Plan

Internship Site:
Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation
Sophia Pakkala, Punahou School

Interests:
Sustainability and Small Businesses in Hawaiʻi

Internship Site:
Mana Up
Sophia Park, Iolani School

Interests:
Economics Research in Clean Energy and Transportation

Internship Site:
University of Hawaiʻi – Mānoa
Taino Stanbro, Punahou School

Interests:
Clean Energy Transition

Internship Site:
Hawaiʻi State Energy Office
Ynez Valerie Gaborno, Waipahu High School

Interests:
Sustainable Urban Design and Architecture

Internship Site:
WRNS Studio
Zhia Joy Bumanglag, Waialua High & Intermediate School

Interests:
Food Sustainability in Hawaiʻi

Internship Site:
Wahiawā Value – Added Product Development Center

Cohort 1 (2024 – 2025)

List of 21 items.

Abner Chun, Punahou School

Interests:
Land Management

Internship Site:
Climate Change and Health Working Group
Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute (HIPHI) and John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)
Alaiza Alvarez, Waipahu High School

Interests:
Regenerative Sustainable Agriculture

Internship Site:
Kualoa Ranch
Asa Shimizu, Punahou School

Interests:
Politics and Government, Aloha+ Challenge, International Activism

Internship Site:
Hawaiʻi State Capitol – Representative Amy Perruso
Chara Daily, Waipahu High School

Interests:
Technology and Farming

Internship Site:
Hawaiʻi State Energy Office
Charlie Koh, Punahou School

Interests:
Energy Tech, Robotics

Internship Site:
University of Hawaiʻi – Mānoa
Dava Watson, University Lab School

Interests:
Marine Biology, Indigenous Species, International Policy and Law

Internship Site:
Ka‘ahumanu Hale – Judge Kawamura
Dylan McManus, Punahou School

Interests:
International Policy and Water Reclamation

Internship Site:
Kobayashi Group
Ednice Julaton, Waipahu High School

Interests:
Food Systems Policy, Aloha+ Challenge

Internship Site:
Hawaiʻi State Capitol – Representative Grandinetti
Elia Belluzzo, Punahou School

Interests:
Severe Weather – NOAA

Internship Site:
City and County of Honolulu – Department of Emergency Management
Erika Tien, Punahou School

Interests:
Food Sustainability

Internship Site:
Kualoa Ranch
Grace Pu, Punahou School

Interests:
Journalism and Writing

Internship Site:
Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation
Ilyana Alba, Punahou School

Interests:
Sustainable Food Production

Internship Site:
Kobayashi Group
Maya Gaudiano, Punahou School

Interests:
Agriculture, Restoration and Field Work

Internship Site:
Kualoa Ranch
Nicholas Chi, Punahou School

Interests:
Renewable Energy, Technology, Science and Engineering, Affordability/Reliability

Internship Site:
Climate Change and Health Working Group
Hawai‘i Public Health Institute (HIPHI) and John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)
Nicholas Nishimura, Waipahu High School

Interests:
Agricultural Technology, Food Production and Land Use

Internship Site:
Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation
Paige (Pi'i) McKenzie, Kamehameha Schools

Interests:
Agro-tourism

Internship Site:
Kualoa Ranch
Sydney Chung, Punahou School

Interests:
Sustainable Fashion – Biofabrics

Internship Site:
Sierra Club & Rumi Murakami
Sydnie Melemai, Kalani High School

Interests:
Energy Technology and Robotics
Tahan Bapna, Punahou School

Interests:
Ocean Engineering, UH Marine Biology Center – Artificial Reefs

Internship Site:
University of Hawaiʻi – Mānoa
Tatiana Chen, Punahou School

Interests:
Agriculture and Urban Planning

Internship Site:
WRNS Studio
Yinan Wang

Interests:
Sustainability and Health

Internship Site:
Climate Change and Health Working Group
Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute (HIPHI) and John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)