As an Associate Professor and Dietetics Program Director, I love connecting with people around food. I enjoy engaging with students, community and others to improve food systems to make it easier for all to eat foods that support health and wellbeing.
I am the Director of the EFNEP and SNAP-Ed programs. What I love about this job is that it connects people and gives them nutrition information and food skills in a fun way that they can relate to. It also connects programs that support people so we can all work together to make Hawai’i an even better place.
I am the EFNEP Coordinator. What I enjoy the most from this position is that we share nutrition knowledge and skills that will help families improve their health and well-being. I love hearing stories from former participants sharing positive things they’ve done after their classes. It shows that our program has made a difference to them and their families.
I am EFNEP admin support. After 18 years working at a highly stressful, fast paced, and unrewarding corporate job, I decided I needed a change. I was thinking I would start at UH and move up the “corporate ladder”, but once I got to this department, I saw the impact and good we did in the community and wanted to stay. I love the people I work with, love and believe in our programs, and love helping others learn how to be more healthy. It may get stressful and fast paced sometimes, but this job is truly rewarding.