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On September 10th, we hosted a panel during Honolulu Tech Week.
As a gold sponsor, we dedicated the panel to interviewing five recipients of the Paubox Kahikina Scholarship.
Paubox Kahikina Scholarship
The mission of the Paubox Kahikina Scholarship is to encourage Native Hawaiians to pursue careers in STEM or technology in general.
The scholarship is recurring in nature. In other words, recipients receive $1,000 per year until they graduate.
Honolulu Tech Week
The second annual Honolulu Tech Week was a week of inspiring events hosted by leaders across Hawaii's tech ecosystem and globally. It's comprised of a growing network of 3,000+ people including founders, student engineers, Hawaii industry executives, remote workers, content creators, and more.
We're happy to be both a founding and current sponsor.
See related: Honolulu Tech Week: Paubox fireside chat
Questions for the panel
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How did you hear about the Paubox Kahikina Scholarship?
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What would you tell other Native Hawaiian students looking to enter STEM fields?
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What does the job market look like for you, post-graduation?
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What are your plans after college?
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How do you go about finding internships?
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AI: Opportunity or Threat?
After the panel concluded, we stuck around and did a social mixer with our guests and panelists.
Enjoy the pics!
Left to right: Big mahalo to fellow Pauboxers Mountan Mitchell, Rick Kuwahara, and Becky Hathaway for helping out with lei, photography, food and beverage, and logistics in general.
Paubox Kahikina Scholarship panelists with the flying spam musubi Pausox: Koa Chang, Austin Cataluna, and Logan Lau
Scholarship panelist Gabbie Nakamatsu with the Paubox Pausox
Scholarship panelist Grant Lau is all smiles with the Pausox
Gabbie Nakamatsu sharing her views on post-college plans
Honolulu Tech Week founder Michael Bennett (standing, wearing green aloha shirt) listens as Lori Hieger (seated, front row) poses a question to the panel
Fellow Mililani High School graduates Brandon Diggs (Paubox Kahikina Scholarship recipient) and Rick Kuwahara (Paubox COO)
Paubox advisor Blaine Kahoonei adding to his collection of Pausox
Selfie with one of my best friends, Paubox Kahikina Scholarship advisor, and Ray-Ban Meta glasses early adopter, Leroy Kane (First Hawaiian Bank)
Paubox Kahikina Scholarship recipient Kawika Naweli (right) networking with an attendee
Austin Cataluna discussing his startup ideas with Chenoa Farnsworth (Managing Director, Blue Startups)
Left to right: Gabbie Nakamatsu, Jennifer Kauweloa, Rona Wong, Miki Hardisty, and myself
Paubox OG supporters: Leroy Kane (left) and Joon Yang (right)
