STAFF
Rae DeCoito
Executive Director With Rae DeCoitoʻs undergraduate degree in accounting, and an MBA, Rae has been able to streamline the organizations operational and financial systems. Rae’s well-rounded leadership skills focus on creating and... |
Ikaika Lum
Kulaiwi Nani Restoration Program Director Ikaika is from Waipiʻo, Oʻahu and graduated from Mililani High School in 2000. In 2011, Ikaika received his BA in both Hawaiian Language and Studies. Prior to working... |
Sayo Costantino
Kupuohi Education Program Director Sayo brings over ten years of environmental education experience to Loko Ea. Her goal is to share her passion of nature, culture and preserving open spaces with students.... |
Makua Perry
Agricultural Specialist Raised in both Kaimukī and Mililani, Oʻahu, Makua is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools Kapālama, and is continuing his education at the University of Hawaiʻi... |
Emily Geske
Water Quality Technician/Data Manager Emily is a recent graduate of Colby College, where she doubled majored in Biology and Environmental Science with a concentration in marine science and minored in Chinese... |
Andrew Tabaque
Aquaculture Specialist Andrew is proud to be a Filipino Canadian born and raised in Florida where he studied biology and focused in environmental science. Before moving to Oʻahu... |
On-Call Staff
Joslyn–Marie Kikila
Education Program Assistant Joslyn graduated from Leilehua High School in 2016. Joslyn started as the MLEF KUPU intern in the summer of 2018 and continued her term through 2019. She joins MLEF as a program assistant as she goes to college to pursue her dream of becoming a teacher. She shares: "I like learning new things about my Hawaiian culture and sharing my knowledge with other people who are... |
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INTERNS
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Kiana Dulan
KUPU Member It’s been fun jumping right into the thick of things, and I can’t wait for what the rest of the year holds for me! I just graduated from... |
Jonathan Rosen
KUPU Member ’m Jonathan Rosen, born and raised on O’ahu for 25 years. I graduated UH Manoa 2018 with a BS in Biology. I’ve spent several years working... |
McKenna Rose Granato
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Reina Mitsuda
KUPU HYCC MEMBER Aloha everyone! My name is Reina Mitsuda and I am one of the new members for Kupu's HYCC Summer Individual Placement Program. I am originally from Japan and spent nine years on O'ahu before heading up to California for college. There, at the University of Redlands, I study Math along with Environmental Science with an emphasis in Physics, expanding upon the passion that I found for preserving the wondrous Earth that provides for us every day. Similarly, through this summer opportunity, I hope to give back to the community that exposed me to the land that I love and appreciate dearly. |
Nanea Cruz
KUPU HYCC MEMBER Aloha, ʻo Nanea Cruz koʻu inoa. I was born on O’ahu, but raised in Keaʻau on Hawaiʻi Island where I attended Kamehameha Hawaiʻi Campus before transferring in the eighth grade to the Kāpalama Campus. As the fifth child of a large family of six kids, I think about what could happen to my family and the people of Hawaiʻi if one day we are unable to continue relying on the help of outside resources and function independently. This year, I had an amazing opportunity to be a part of a Botany class that helped me touch base with this concept and further exercise a passion I never knew I had. The opportunity of getting to know my kumu and experiencing this course allowed me to get out of my comfort zone and focus on something beyond myself. It served as a gateway for me to explore places where I can contribute to the lāhui and work with others that ʻimi naʻauao and share similar passions and values as me. Now that I have developed this sense of purpose, I aspire to perpetuate these ideas and values in my life going forward and hopefully spark interest in other people along the way, as my kumu did with me. |
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PAST KUPU EIP INTERNS
They have gone and spread their beautiful wings but they still remain a part of Loko ea and who we are today. Mahalo kākou!
Mikala Regohos
Past KUPU Intern My name is Mikala but most people know me as Kala, I was born and raised in Kona on the Big Island. Some of my hobbies include going to the beach to surf... |
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PAST INTERNS
Adam Hanohano
Past Intern Adam Hanohano currently resides in Ewa Beach but hails from Waipahu, Oʻahu. He is presently enrolled at Leeward Community College in the Plant Biology/Tropical... 
Kaumakamanōkalanipō ʻAnae
Past Intern |
Tehani Louis
Past Intern |
Tyler (Ty)
Naholowaʻa laea Past Intern |