Representative Sylvia Luke represents the 25th House District
(Makiki, Punchbowl, Nuuanu, Dowsett Highlands, Pacific Heights and Pauoa)
and is serving her tenth term. She currently Chairs the House Finance
Committee but has served on other committees, most notably as the Vice
Speaker of the House; Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary; and Vice
Chair of the House Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns.
Born on December 15, 1967 in Seoul, Korea, Representative Luke attended
Lincoln Elementary School, Kawananakoa Middle School and graduated from
Roosevelt High School in 1985. She received a B.A. from the University of
Hawaii at Manoa in 1989 and received her J.D. from the University of San
Francisco School of Law in 1995. In addition to serving as a legislator,
Representative Luke is an attorney in private practice.