Category: Voices & Views

Voices and Views: Mark-Leonel Castillo

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Castillo shows off his Halloween spirit as an Ostrich rider. (Photo by Makayla Dilliner) By...

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By Shane Kaneshiro | Staff Writer Ked Tmetuchl is a 21-year-old in his second semester of majoring...

Sep 17, 2024 | 0 |

By Shane Kaneshiro | Staff Writer Landon Ablan is a first-year student at KCC who lives in...

Dec 11, 2023 | 0 |

By Cameron Enomoto | Staff Writer Corbin Lewis is a second-year student at KCC who is majoring in...

Nov 27, 2023 | 0 |

By Shawna Takaki | Staff Writer Nikhil Gautam, a second-year student at Kapiʻolani Community...

Nov 13, 2023 | 0 |

By Cameron Enomoto | Staff Writer Hoʻo Kapule is a first-year student at KCC who is majoring in...

Nov 6, 2023 | 0 |

By Shawna Takaki | Staff Writer Irene Yuan is a first-year student majoring in Liberal Arts....

Oct 30, 2023 | 0 |

By Juri Dagio | Staff Writer Andrés Jojoa is a 26-year-old Marine Biology major who is from Belén,...

Hiromi Kijo
Hiromi Kijo is a first-year student attending KCC, majoring in hospitality. Originally from Okinawa, Kijo said that she sees Hawaiʻi as a place similar to her hometown. "Tourism industry is so big in Hawaiʻi, so that's what I choose to come here, Hawaiʻi, to study hospitality," Kijo said. Kijo said that it was her high school teacher in Haebaru, Japan, who influenced her to attend KCC for hospitality. She has known how to speak English for two years now, and is still trying to learn and understand English everyday. Kijo said she plans to go back to Okinawa to get a job after she finishes at KCC. Her dream is to be able to reach out to other countries from Okinawa through the tourism industry.