What's happening: Ten Native Hawaiians have been selected for the 2023 cohort of the Paubox Kahikina Scholarship.
The Scholarship: The primary objective of the Paubox Kahikina Scholarship is to encourage Native Hawaiians to pursue careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).
The scholarship is recurring in nature. In other words, recipients receive $1,000 per year until they graduate.
Scholarship requirements:
- Native Hawaiian
- Pursuing a STEM-related major
- Enrolled in an accredited college or university
- Annually publish content on your college journey
Meet this year's class (alpha order):
- Koa Chang
- High school: Kamehameha Schools Kapalama
- College: Stanford University
- Major: Computer Science
- Landon Choy
- High school: Kamehameha Schools Kapalama
- College: Stanford University
- Major: Computer Science
- Kaimana Kau
- High school: Kamehameha Schools Kapalama
- College: Stanford University
- Major: Bioengineering or Computer Science
- Kainoa Hottendorf
- High school: Kamehameha Schools Kapalama
- College: UC Berkeley
- Major: Pre-Med
- Dane Keahi
- High school: Kamehameha Schools Kapalama
- College: Yale University
- Major: Leaning to STEM (undeclared)
- Erika Kwee
- High school: Punahou School
- College: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Logan Lau
- High school: Kamehameha Schools Kapalama
- College: Stanford University
- Major: Computer Engineering
- Jada Lee
- High school: Kamehameha Schools Kapalama
- College: UC Berkeley
- Major: Civil Engineering
- Matthew Liu
- High school: Kamehameha Schools Kapalama
- College: Johns Hopkins University
- Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Paul Keahi Selhorst
- High school: Kamehameha Schools Kapalama
- College: University of Oregon
- Major: Computer Science
Why it matters: I recently learned 4% of doctors in Hawaii are Native Hawaiian, while the general population is 23% Native Hawaiian.
The bottom line: The leader always gives back.
See also: The big ideas behind the Paubox Kahikina Scholarship