Ask a Professor: Massage Therapy
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EPC To Host Fall 2018 Job Fair
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Alyssa Espinoza
Alyssa Espinoza moved to Hawaiʻi with her husband six months ago. Originally from Texas, Espinoza and her partner had spent a year and a half stationed in Nebraska before moving to the aloha state. She said that she has been enjoying the island, and its mellow weather.
“I like it because it doesn’t snow,” Espinoza said. “We get to go to the beach a lot, which is a lot of fun. … We can be outside, swimming, and my dog likes to be outside … ”
Being away from her extended family is a challenge to the 21-year old.
“ … My family is back home in Texas, and I recently just lost two of my grandfathers, over the past like, two months. That’s the hardest part, is not being able to be with my family.”
Alyssa is currently working towards a degree in nursing at KCC. In the future, she hopes to work in pediatric care.
In her free time, she goes on hikes and fishing with her husband. She also enjoys watching tutorial videos on how to do makeup.
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KCC to Host Flu Clinic
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Opinion: The Good, The Bad, The Beauty of School After 30
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Student Honors Father, Who Passed Away, at KCC’s Commencement
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Kara RiggsbeeKara will be graduating this December from UH Mānoa with a degree in Molecular Cell Biology. Though she takes classes over at the Mānoa campus, you’ll find Kara working under KCC Microbiology Professor John Berestecky in a lab on KCC’s campus most days of the week. Kara hopes to continue her studies in either graduate-level biology research or by attending medical school. Kara grew up in southern California and decided to attend UH Mānoa in part due to the stories she heard from her father about the islands. He was stationed on O’ahu in the Navy some years back. Over spring break, Kara traveled to Maui and enjoyed her trip immensely — especially the road to Hāna and waterfalls along the way — in spite of receiving a sunburn for the first time.
