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Honolulu Tech Week 2025: Paubox Kahikina Scholarship Panel

Honolulu Tech Week 2025: Paubox Kahikina Scholarship Panel

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

  • How did you hear about the Paubox Kahikina Scholarship?

  • What would you tell other Native Hawaiian students looking to enter STEM fields?

  • What does the job market look like for you, post-graduation?

  • What are your plans after college?

  • How do you go about finding internships?

  • 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, food and beverage, and logistics in general | Honolulu Tech Week 2025: Paubox Kahikina Scholarship Panel

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 | Honolulu Tech Week 2025: Paubox Kahikina Scholarship Panel

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 | Honolulu Tech Week 2025: Paubox Kahikina Scholarship Panel

Scholarship panelist Gabbie Nakamatsu with the Paubox Pausox


Scholarship panelist Grant Lau is all smiles with the Pausox | Honolulu Tech Week 2025: Paubox Kahikina Scholarship Panel

Scholarship panelist Grant Lau is all smiles with the Pausox


Gabbie Nakamatsu sharing her views on post-college plans | Honolulu Tech Week 2025: Paubox Kahikina Scholarship Panel

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

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) | Honolulu Tech Week 2025: Paubox Kahikina Scholarship 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 | Honolulu Tech Week 2025: Paubox Kahikina Scholarship Panel

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) | Honolulu Tech Week 2025: Paubox Kahikina Scholarship Panel

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 | Honolulu Tech Week 2025: Paubox Kahikina Scholarship Panel

Paubox Kahikina Scholarship recipient Kawika Naweli (right) networking with an attendee


Austin Cataluna discussing his startup ideas with Chenoa Farnsworth (Managing Director, Blue Startups) | Honolulu Tech Week 2025: Paubox Kahikina Scholarship Panel

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 | Honolulu Tech Week 2025: Paubox Kahikina Scholarship Panel

Left to right: Gabbie Nakamatsu, Jennifer Kauweloa, Rona Wong, Miki Hardisty, and myself


Paubox superfans: Leroy Kane (left) and Joon Yang (right) | Honolulu Tech Week 2025: Paubox Kahikina Scholarship Panel

Paubox OG supporters: Leroy Kane (left) and Joon Yang (right)

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