Kaimana Kau

Kaimana Kau was born and raised in Kāneʻohe, Hawaii. He is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools Kapālama and a current freshman at Stanford University. He is majoring in mechanical engineering and plans to minor in civil and environmental engineering. Throughout high school, Kaimana was passionate about numerous fields. He led multiple medicine-based clubs, conducted scientific research on native Hawaiian medicinal practices, researched Hawaiʻi’s physician shortage with the John A. Burns School of Medicine, helped create an AI model trained for native Hawaiian elderly, played club and high school soccer, and volunteered at his local hospital during Covid-19. Moreover, he is currently working at Stanford on building a glass crusher for women in Kenya, to tackle both ecological and economic hardships. Kaimana’s ultimate goal is to bring back his skillset to Hawaiʻi to work in ocean engineering and uplift his community through the environment. Finally, he is very thankful to HCCNC for helping him achieve his educational goals.

koa Chang

Koa Chang is a current freshman at Stanford University studying Computer Science and Management Science and Engineering. He grew up in Honolulu, HI, and graduated from Kamehameha Schools Kapālama in 2023. Throughout his life, Koa has always been passionate about education and teaching. He started his own tutoring business, Tutoring by Koa, where he provided students individualized support across many disciplines and backgrounds. He also used his passion for technology to democratize educational resources.  WorksheetWizz (worksheetwizz.com) is a fully responsive website that open sources thousands of learning resources. KumuBot (kumubot.com) is an AI-driven platform that provides resources to both teach and embrace the Hawaiian language. KumuBot has an image generator that generates images with a Hawaiian twist to it, a Hawaiian language ChatBot, a Hawaiian version of the Worlde Game, and more. Koa is extremely grateful to HCCNC and its donors for their financial support in making his education possible. He is also thankful for the mentorship they will provide throughout the rest of his college career.

Chloe Salom

Chloe Salom is a 2022 graduate of Hilo High School and a current Psychology student in her Junior year at Menlo College. Born and raised on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, she has always had a passion for working with children and people of all ages. Her hobbies include baking, painting, reading, dancing, and adventuring. Throughout high school, Chloe prioritized her leadership role toward community service to give back to her community in numerous ways. She started off as a member of Key Club and eventually ran and served as Vice President of Service in her Junior year, and President during her Senior Year. Some service projects she led include Teacher Appreciation Cards, Mask-Making, Virtual Hangout, and Pink Out Day (promoting Breast Cancer Awareness). From her service, she was awarded the CNH Key Club Distinguished Vice President award and Distinguished President award.

While giving back to the community, she learned to balance her academic responsibilities as well as her extracurricular requirements. She committed to water polo, paddling, and dance throughout high school, and placed as a Valedictorian of her graduating class.

Chloe has always been highly interested in healthcare and plans to continue giving back to both her Bay Area and Hawaiʻi communities in any way that she can. Her goal is to become a Clinical Psychologist who can provide personalized services and aid concerns revolving around mental, emotional, and behavioral health.