Hi‘ilei provides educational home-visits where parents meet regularly with a Parents As Teachers certified educator to learn about early childhood development and gain the skills needed to be their child’s first and best teacher.
Ho‘āla conducts outreach that provides families with information on the importance of early childhood education and helps them navigate systems to secure early learning opportunities for their child.
Keiki Steps is a Hawaiian culture-based family-child interactive learning preschool where parents and children, from newborn to age 5, learn together to ensure academic success and prepare keiki for Kindergarten.
Empowering
Early
Learning
Ka Lama Education Academy supports community members in their pursuit to become high-quality teachers in their home communities through college support, mentorship and professional training.
Kaulele seeks to create informal STEM learning opportunities through indigenous Hawaiian knowledge that connects modern and traditional science to help young learners engage, connect to and succeed in STEM academics and occupations.
Kupu Ola collaborates with schools to create alternative learning approaches that focus on strengthening academic and personal confidence in youth through the integration of Native Hawaiian culture in outdoor classrooms and interactive learning activities.
Empowering
Educational
Equity
Ho‘oulu Waiwai works with families to strengthen financial well-being though partnerships, pathways and learning experiences that nurture personal financial wellness and entrepreneurial development.
Empowering
Economic
Stability
Kalehua Caceres
Program Director
LeReen Carr
Associate Program Director
Puhala Kamalamalama
Hawai‘i Island Coordinator
Noelani Napuelua-Patronis
Oahu Island Coordinator
Courtney Perreira
Kaua‘i Island Coordinator
Germaine Tauati
Early Literacy Coodinator
Reyn Kaahanui-Shimaoka
Teachers Aide / Project Activities Coordinator
Andrea Caday
Site Coordinator
Justiana Kalilimoku
Site Coordinator
Chelsea Kamai
Site Coordinator
Lia Negrillo
Site Coordinator
Alesia Paulos
Site Coordinator
Georgiana Rosa
Site Coordinator
Nicole Sapigao
Site Coordinator
Chanel Young
Site Coordinator
Princess Keliipaakaua-Hua
Program Assistant
Deanna Smith
Program Assistant
Chantal Richie
Early Literacy Coach
Mellissa Haskins
Teachers Aide
Makahala Hendrickson
Teachers Aide / ‘Ohana Advocate
Chrisanta Aguilar
Teachers Aide
Cori Bear-Francois
‘Ohana Advocate
Lynell Freitas
Teachers Aide
Luana Quisquirin-Sabagala
Teachers Aide
Sanoe Souza
Teachers Aide / ‘Ohana Advocate
Mary Watson
Teachers Aide
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