Author: Katlin Cilliers

Zane Williams

Zane Williams is a Liberal Arts Major in his fifth semester at KCC. He hopes to graduate with his associate’s degree next semester.

Right after finishing high school in 2014, the Hawaiʻi native moved out of his parents house and went to Utah for two years. There, he worked in construction and attended school for a liberal arts degree. He moved back to Hawaiʻi in 2016.

The 22 year-old plays ‘ukulele and guitar and is trying to learn piano. He would like to become a music teacher in the future. In his free time, Williams enjoys hanging out with his friends.

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Chisato Takahashi

Chisato Takahashi is originally from Tokyo, Japan. She’s a first-year student at KCC with plans to major in marine biology, a field she is passionate about.

Takahashi would like to help protect sea life in the future, but she is still unsure of how she’s going to do that. All she knows is that she’d love to be “out there in the ocean,” she said.

In her free time, the 22-year old enjoys going to the beach, watching sunsets with friends and exploring the island with her host family.

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  • Erin TurbanErin Turban
    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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