Experience
WORK EXPERIENCE
• Representative, District 45 (Wai‘anae/Makaha/Makua), Hawai‘i State House of Representatives
• Vice-Chair, Hawaiian Affairs Committee; Member, Education, Higher Education, Health, And Human Services Committees; Women's Caucus; Hawaiian Caucus
• Attorney, Legal Services Organization
• Law Clerk, District Court, State of Hawai‘i
• Legal Assistant, Alan B. Burdick, Attorney At Law
• Research Assistant, University of HI William S. Richardson School Of Law
• Paralegal, Legal Services Organization
• Reporter, the Leeward Coaster
• Editorial Intern, Trade Publishing Company
• State Health Insurance Program (Ship) Clerk, Wai‘anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center
• Education and Extra-Curricular Activities
EDUCATION AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• J.D., UH William S. Richardson School of Law (May 2000)
• Best Brief Appellate Advocacy Section 2 Top Quartile, '97-'98; Top 50% '98-'99 and '99-'00 Environmental Law Society Co-Director and Co-Vice Director Advocates for Public Interest Law Summer Grantee and Board Member National Association for Public Interest Law Student Rep. And Delegate Student Bar Association 1L Representative
• Scholarships: HI Legal Auxiliary, Delta Gamma Foundation, and Alumnae Golf Tournament Na Loio O He‘e Nalu Co-Director (surf club) Delta Theta Phi Treasurer
• B.A. English, The Colorado College, December 1991
• Dean's List Track & Field / Cross Country Team Member Vice President - Rush, Delta Gamma Sorority National • Spanish Honor Society
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
• MA‘O Organic Farm fundraising committee
• "People's Path" grant writer, volunteer, and event coordinator
• Leeward Community College-Wai‘anae Community Advisory Board
• HI State Bar Association/Young Lawyers Division community service volunteer
• Chair, Health & Human Service Committee, Democratic Party of Hawaii
• Hawaii Children's Trust Fund Advisory Board
• Empower Wai‘anae Steering Committee
• Wai‘anae Lion's Club; member (community service)
• Welfare and Employment Rights Coalition; member (poverty advocacy)
• Na Loio ‘O He‘e Nalu (UH Law School Surf Club)