Author: Kayla Valera

Thao Huynh

Thao Huynh is a second-year college student at KCC majoring in hospitality. At the age of 24, Huynh has already received a B.A. in hospitality in her home country, Vietnam, but has decided to go back to school in Hawai’i since her foreign degree wouldn’t qualify in the U.S., which is where she eventually wants to live as a resident. Huynh currently resides in Waikīkī with her uncle and cousins. Over the summer she plans on relaxing after the long school year and working part time at a Vietnamese restaurant in Chinatown.

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Brennan Duan

Brennan Duan is a first-year student at KCC who is striving towards a degree in Liberal Arts. At the same time, Duan says that he wants to do something science related in the future such as botany. On his free time Duan likes to read manga and play video games. One of the games that he enjoys playing is Rune Factory 4 on his Nintendo 3DS. He claims that he has played video games as early as 1999, since he was one-years old. Of the earlier games that he played, Super Smash Bros was one of his favorites.

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    Yonik Gomez, a former Marine, is currently studying to get into the radiology technician program at KCC. "Right now I'm trying to get into the rad tech program. I'm almost done with my prereqs, but I have to wait until next year to take the placement test." Yonik said," If I don't get into that program, I'll probably go to UH West (Oahu) and do their Health Administration program. Yonik used to work in communications in the Marine Corps and has lived on O‘ahu since 2012. He travels from the west side of the island, leaving as early as 6 a.m. to beat traffic and find parking on campus. In his free time, he practices tattooing himself because he is a huge fan of body art. "Most of my tattoos, I've gotten by other tattoo artists." Yonik said, "My upper body has tattoos from California and Thailand, my legs are all me; I did one recently on my ankle."

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