I grew up in Hawai‘i, and I am deeply committed to this place and the future of Pacific peoples.
In the Pacific community of tomorrow, every individual will thrive with freedom, agency, and self-determination. Our communal wealth and resources will be equitably shared, with society seeing its most vulnerable members as a shared responsibility rather than as problems to be addressed. We will steward our water, land, and oceans not merely for our immediate use, but with the foresight of benefiting the seventh generation to come. And crucially, our governing bodies will mirror the rich tapestry of our ethnic backgrounds, socio-economic diversities, and deeply-rooted place-based values.
