Alumna Francesca “Frankie” Koethe promotes land stewardship as a conservation assistant with the O‘ahu Resource Conservation and Development Council.

Human Development and Family Sciences Professor Loriena Yancura was elected to the national board of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education.

HDFS(FamR) alumna Samantha Tio (Tsoi), LSW, is the director of social services at Hale Ho Aloha Nursing Home. Samantha’s been in this personally and professionally fulfilling position for almost ten years now, and she credits her professors and program at CTAHR with getting her started on her journey...

HDFS (FamR) alumna Esther Yasuda didn’t return to college until she was 29, but once she started, she was hooked: she just graduated this summer with a master’s degree in Education from Concordia University in Portland, Oregon. In addition to working on her master’s, she took a position with a non-profit organization working with youth and senior citizens in Kalihi; now she works with the YMCA of Honolulu as an outreach treatment counselor for middle-school students...

East Hawai‘i 4-H had a huge presence at the Hawai‘i County Fair—both as volunteers and producers. In fact, they set four state records for produce—including a 20+ pound kalo and 137+ and 2+ pound tomato.