Keopuʻu Napolean-Ahn

Posted by Lexus Yamashiro | Dec 8, 2017 | Voices & Views | 0 |

Keopuʻu Napolean-Ahn

Keopuʻu Napolean-Ahn is wrapping up her first-year of taking prerequisite courses at KCC. The 18-year-old has goals of becoming a licensed practical nurse (LPN) and is hoping to fulfill this by getting into the Long Term Care Nurse Aide (CNA) and Practical Nursing (PRCN) program, which Napolean-Ahn said are considered the lowest programs to begin with on the nursing career ladder.

Napolean-Ahn’s decision in attending KCC was due to financial barriers and because of her belief that starting at a community college first rather than a university would result in more one-on-one support from those on campus. Napolean-Ahn does plan on transferring to UH Mānoa in the future and will determine if she will continue to pursue her nursing goals dependant upon how her experience turns out in the CNA and PRCN programs at KCC.

With some finals already handed out by professors on campus, Napolean-Ahn said that her finals so far are going well. She was delighted to see that she passed her finals for her Math 103, English 98 and English 100 class; she is now waiting to see her final grade for her History class.

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Lexus is a third-year college student and Lunalilo Scholar. She is passionate about writing and majoring in English to become a novelist. She writes her own books during her free time, and also enjoys taking photographs and playing music. Lexus can be reached at lexusyam@hawaii.edu.

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Erin Turban is a 36-year-old former KCC student from ‘Ewa Beach who has begun her first semester at UH Mānoa for Fall 2019. She originally started taking nursing classes, and one of those prerequisites was John Berestecky's Micro 130 class. She "found it really interesting" and is now pursuing a BS in Microbiology. Erin enjoys hanging out at KCC. "I love it here!" she said. She can be found working alongside a research team investigating Campylobacter spp., a bacteria that is commonly found in poultry. "We are looking for a specific gene that Campy has," she said. "It's the type VI secretion system, the hcp gene. This gene provides cells with a needle like method of passing on its genetic information to other cells." Turban got involved in research by joining the on campus organization, Kapiʻolani Association of Research in Microbiology (KARM). "KARM has been a supportive environment," she said. :This will for sure help me with my Microbiology degree. I get to work with the equipment and learn techniques from Becky Kanenaka [a mentor for KARM], JB [Berestecky] himself, and my lab mates."

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