I was born in Oahu, Hawaii. My parents raised me in a small rural community on the West side of Oahu, known as Waianae. I often went camping on the beach with my family for the summer school break and saw so much natural beauty all around me. My father would take me diving and I would stay with the inner tube and snorkel all around the colorful reef. I would watch my father stick his hand in the cave-like hole on the reef and pull out lobster, avoiding the eel that was lurking nearby. We were swimming and diving during the full moon and the enormous colors...more