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.
Mahealani Galat
Staff Writer
Mahealani Galat is a Liberal Arts major at KCC. She is currently completing her nursing prerequisites and hopes to get into a nursing program. She came to Hawaiʻi after graduating from high school to be with her father again. Although Mahealani has been in a STEM class since seventh grade, her passion for the arts and journalism has never faded. In high school, she worked as a student journalist for her school’s publications, where she proofread and wrote news articles and served as a radio broadcasting anchor. In the future, Mahealani hopes to become a doctor specializing in women’s or children’s health. She also plans to use her background in journalism and communication to advocate for her future patients and the communities she will serve.
You can reach Mahealani at mcgalat@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.
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
Former Staff Writers
Desiree Pacariem : Fall 2020
Jared Page : Spring 2020
Sonya Park Smith : Spring 2021
Jazmyne Pennington : Fall 2019
Daniel Peterson : Spring 2020
Maria Pou : Spring 2022
Tyrone Simmons, Jr. : Spring 2020
Mac Smith : Fall 2017
Chris Takahashi : Fall 2016 – Summer 2017
Shawna Takaki : Spring 2022 – Spring 2024
Micah Tutuvanu : Fall 2022
Kayla Valera : Fall 2016 – Fall 2017
Kaithlyn Villanueva : Spring 2022
Lexus Yamashiro : Fall 2016 – Spring 2019
Contributing Writers
Kelton Cheney
Megumi Gong
Dylan Lauren
Thai Luong
Annabella Naipo
Jared Singh
Justus Wataru
