Education

• University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii

Library and Information Science and American Studies, enrolled in graduate courses            Current 
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, concentration in print news media                                         12/1997 
Bachelor of Arts in Religion, concentration in comparative East-West studies                        12/1997  

Employment

• Technican, UH Social Sciences Computer Services     8/1993 to present

Upgrade, troubleshoot & repair Macintosh computers. Assist students, faculty and staff with word processing, statistics, graphics, networking, multimedia, layout and drawing programs. Teach e-mail, file transfer protocol, Hyper Text Markup Language, Internet, Web and computer-assisted research. 
• Computer lab monitor, UH Computing Center     5/1992 to 7/1993 

Helped students with Macintosh and IBM computer programs. 
• Library Technician, UH Religion Department     

 Used OCLC to find the LOC call numbers for department's collection and labeled books.
• Employment in the Medical Field 

Worked as a medical technologist, pathologist's assistant, doctors-office manager, tumor abstractor and medical transcriber.

Professional Internships

• University of Hawaii Hamilton Library Special Collections      6/1999 to 8/1999  

Performed quality control on the Trust Territory Photograph Archives digitizing project. Designed a web page for the collection.  
• The Honolulu Advertiser     5/1996 to 8/1996 

Learned professional approach to infographics, illustrations and page design. Performed tasks in graphics department, including downloading, standardizing and sizing wire graphics. Produced original maps, charts and graphs for publication on deadline. Attended computer-assisted reporting workshop. 
• State of Hawaii Attorney General's Office     1/1994 to 5/1994 

Performed clerical and research tasks at the Office of Information Practices. Edited and designed a section of the user manual for its FOI on-line system.

Journalism Jobs

• Editor in chief 1998-1999 UH-M Student Handbook     5/1997 to 7/1998

Selected all topics and materials for a student survival guide, including illustrations, infographics, photography, poetry, features and news articles. Hired and supervised a staff of 17 student journalists. Produced a high-quality publication on deadline and under budget. Received a national award for defending students' right to control the content of student publications. 
• Editorial Editor, Ka Leo O Hawai`i (The Voice of Hawaii)     5/1994 to 8/1994 

Selected and edited articles for the newspaper, then manually pasted up the editorial and op-ed pages. Wrote editorials. Selected letters to the editor. Supervised columnists, cartoonists and editorial staff. Edited columns. Taught paste up. 
• Reporter, Ka Leo O Hawai`i     9/1992 to 5/1993 

Wrote news and features for Ka Leo. Pasted up pages. 
• Writer, UH Sea Grant Extension Services    5/1983 to 12/1984 

Researched and wrote marine-related news and feature articles for its publication Makai (Toward the Sea). Updated the clip library and compiled a subject index.

Freelance, Service and Volunteer Work

Recent projects include:

• Creating Web pages for the following:
• Hawaii Handbook on Public Affairs

includes "Hawaii's Freedom of Information Law, a Step-by-Step Guide;" 
• Learning Center in Modern Media

includes full text of speeches and student articles on media issues; 
• Society of Professional Journalists - UH-M Student Chapter;

Includes the SHOPO list of Honolulu Police Department officers who were suspended or dismissed for misconduct.
• Designing letterhead for the Society of Professional Journalists -- UH-M Student Chapter;

 
• Reporting election night results for Voter News Service in 1994 and 1998;

 
• Performing investigative research for George Cooper, co-author of Land and Power in Hawaii and Beverly Keever, co-editor of U.S. News Coverage of Racial Minorities, A Sourcebook: 1934 to 1996;

 
• Challanging (sucessfully) the UH-M administration's demand for prior review of of a student publication.

Awards