Meet Our Staff

We are the student newspaper of Kapiʻolani Community College. To contact us with story ideas, to inquire about job openings or to contribute to our newspaper, please contact advisor Kim Baxter at kbaxter@hawaii.edu.

Geneva Mellison

Staff Writer

Geneva Mellison is a Liberal Arts major at KCC. She moved to Oʻahu two years ago following a loved one and quickly fell in love with her community and neighborhood, finding the best of friends, and bonding with the land. Six years out of high school, she is now pursuing a bachelor’s in English. She loves to take pictures and could spend all day in the darkroom. You can find her in bed reading a book with her cat Winnie, taking a long walk listening to her favorite shoe gaze band, or practicing martial arts in the evenings. Geneva has experience as a stylist, model, and photographer, published in Moevir Magazine, Fox Magazine, and Black Box Gallery. Her goals in the next 10 years include being a published author, solo photo exhibitionist, and black belt, while hoping for small steps towards those futures in the coming year.

You can reach Geneva at geneva9@hawaii.edu.

Vasilisa Nesterenko

Staff Writer

Vasilisa Nesterenko is an international student from Russia. After graduating from high school in her home country, she came to Hawai‘i for a gap year. She enjoyed the islands so much that she decided to become a full-time student. Now she is majoring in Liberal Arts at KCC. In the past, Vasilisa worked for her high school media, and she enjoys gaining international experience at Kapiʻo News. Her main field of interest is building multicultural connections. In the future, she hopes to open a language school and share the stories of those experiencing Hawai‘i for the first time.

Click here to read Vasilisa’s articles. She can be reached at vasilisa@hawaii.edu.

Former Staff Writers

Keahi Akina : Fall 2021
Gavin Arucan : Fall 2016 – Summer 2017
Chaz Au : Spring 2017
Brooke Beltran : Fall 2026
Sarah Burchard : Fall 2024 – Spring 2025
Katlin Cilliers : Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Juri Dagio : Fall 2022 – Spring 2024
Makayla Dilliner : Fall 2024
Kiana Dulan : Fall 2020
Jack Duffy : Fall 2026
Sam Ehrhart : Spring 2019
Cameron Enomoto : Fall 2021 – Spring 2024
Nicole Fernandez : Fall 2018 – Fall 2019
Theran Galisa : Spring 2021
Sarah Hendrix : Fall 2017 – Spring 2018
Jana Julian : Spring 2018 – Fall 2018
Shane Kaneshiro : Fall 2024
Mark Ladao : Spring 2018
Marco Leon : Fall 2019
Ayoung Lee : Fall 2018 – Spring 2019
Estefania Magdalena : Spring 2020 – Fall 2020
Nicklas Matsumoto : Spring 2021
Nakoa Nunies : Fall 2016
Taylor Okamura : Spring 2024
Nagisa Umemoto : Fall 2024
Bowen Wang : Spring 2025