program. Milan lived with a host family in Rabat, Morocco where she studied the Amazigh language in the Moroccan educational system. Also known as the Berbers, the Amazigh people are the indigenous people of Morocco, as well as North Africa and the Canary Islands. “The people in Morocco were good, kind people, and I shared as much about my life as I could, even cooking my host family a dinner of teriyaki chicken, rice and macaroni salad,” Milan said. Proud aunt is Victoria Burke Villegas ’82.
Professor Said Graiouid and Milan Burke at the Center for Cross Cultural Learning in Rabat, Morocco.
n Alfred B. Souza, III ‘86 is general manager of Aaron’s Restaurant on the top of the Ala Moana Hotel. n Jen-L Wong Lyman ’89 has been promoted to assistant vice president at First Hawaiian Bank’s Personal Trust Division.
1990s
n Carly Bolson Byrd ’98 was promoted to manager, overseeing Morgan Stanley’s corporate tax compliance department in the Jersey City, N.J. office. Carly has a bachelor’s degree in English from Scripps College and is pursuing a master’s degree in education economics and fiscal policy at Columbia’s Teacher’s College in New York. Ashley Byrd ’98, husband of Carly, received his economics degree from Columbia University and now heads the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship program at the university. n Kalei Kekuna Blank ’95 is a marketing director at Guthy-Renker in Santa Monica, Calif. Husband Kyle works for CBS sports and they both love to travel – most recently to China where Kalei was sent to do staff training. n Rosanna Alegado ’96 received her doctorate in microbiology and immunology at the Stanford School of Medicine in December 2006. She also has an undergraduate degree from MIT in Cambridge, Mass. n Marc C. K. Naval ’96 is a pilot for American Eagle Airlines. His wife Maria is an engineer for Lockheed Martin Aerospace Company and they reside in Fort Worth, Texas. n Pomai Kekuna Roberts ’97 graduated from Tufts Medical School in May 2006 in family medicine. She is a family doctor at Ventura County
Hospital in California. Husband Jeff is a computer consultant. n Melissa Wong Lingenbrink ’98 is currently a marketing analyst for Payless Shoe Source at their corporate offices in Topeka, Kan. She is responsible for print media, product line building, strategy and visual merchandising for the leased space market segment. She began her career in the women’s buying department and has spent the last two years in marketing. She resides in Kansas City with her husband and daughter. Melissa is a graduate of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. n Malia Maunakea Heinrich ’99 and husband Dave conquered the sheer test of the 2,650-mile Pacific Coast Trail which runs from Mexico to Washington as a part of the couple’s honeymoon. The six-month scenic stroll, from April to September of 2006, was a chance for the couple to learn about each other and get away from urban living. Malia and Dave described the experience as “amazing” and “beautiful,” but also said it was truly a major challenge. Malia is the daughter of Carl Maunakea ’72 and wife Lynn, the executive director of the Ke Ali‘i Pauahi Foundation.
2000s
n Aulani Kekuna ’01 is currently a student recruiter at Whitworth College in Spokane, Wash. She completed her college education last winter at Whitworth where she majored in communications. n A star was born in the summer of 2006 with Ashley Warling’s ’04 performance in “Oklahoma!” at the Windward Community College’s Palikü Theatre. Michael Bright ’85 had the lead role in the play, and Clarke Bright, a teacher at Kamehameha Kapälama Middle School, was musical director. n Adrian Kamali‘i ’00 was recently appointed by Governor Linda Lingle to be chairman of the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission. The commission’s history spans more than 90 years and administers the King Kamehameha Day Parade and its activities statewide. Adrian is the president of Pae ‘Äina Communications and also sits on the Board of Directors of Alu Like, Inc. In December of 2006, Adrian was the event chairman at Alu Like’s 30th anniversary celebration at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. The gala was overseen by Hilton’s senior events manager Lynn Reyes ’83 and hosted by Paula Akana ’80 of KITV 4 Island Television News and Dr. Elizabeth Lindsey ’74. With an annual operating budget of nearly $20 million, Alu Like has served more than 100,000 individuals over the past three decades. The group’s president and chief executive officer is Mervina Cash-Ka‘eo ’79 and board of director chairman is David Lovell ’69. n David Ke Ikaika Alii Edwards ’00 graduated from the Univer-
SOAR Counselors and current KS Kapa¯lama students who attended camp: From left, Ryan Snow ’02, Misty Nakayama ’07, Taylor Hibbs ’07, Crystal Miyamoto ’01, Katie Whitford ’07, Mark Serrao ’07 and Matthew Serrao ’00.
sity of Nevada Las Vegas in May 2006 with a bachelor of science degree in nuclear medicine. David is now employed as a David Ke Ikaika nuclear medicine technologist at Ali‘i Edwards ‘00 Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas, Nev. n Cindy Morales ’01 is general manager of Dixie Grill on Ward Avenue where she supervises a staff of 45. She received an associate arts degree from Leeward Community College and attended Washington State University in Pullman, Wash. n Nicholas Masagatani ’02 graduated from the Honolulu Police Academy in November 2006 and is currently assigned to the District 1 Nicholas station as a patrol Masagatani ‘02 officer. n Cole Kaimana Millare ’02 and Ryan Kawaihau Benevedes ’02 graduated in June 2006 from Santa Clara University in Calif. with bachelor of science degrees in civil engineering. Cole is presently employed as a project manager with Grace Pacific Corporation on O‘ahu. n Ryan Snow ’02, Crystal Miyamoto ’01 and Matthew Serrao ’00 participated in the summer of 2006 SOAR (Summer of Academic Refinement) Camp as counselors held
at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. The camp helps American minorities become more competitive in higher education learning. Several members of the class of 2007 at Kamehameha Kapälama attended the camp as well. n Shelley Muneoka ’03 graduated cum laude from Indiana’s University of Evansville in December 2006. Shelley had planned on majoring in music therapy but instead received a bachelor’s degree in social work. She has plans to pursue a master’s degree in Hawai‘i. n Lauren Iwalani Farias ’03 graduated magna cum laude from Chaminade University in May 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and is currently pursing Lauren Iwalani a master’s degree Farias ’03 in the same major at Chaminade. n Kyle Galdeira ’03 received a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from Hawai‘i Pacific University in January 2007. Kyle maintained a 3.9 grade point average, was a summa cum laude graduate and served as valedictory speaker representing undergraduate programs. He was named HPU’s baseball scholar of the year for 2005-06 and as editor of the school’s Kalamalama newspaper. Kyle was recently hired as a full-time writer for Hawai‘i Business Magazine.
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Students in Transition While attending the Annual Students in Transition Conference in St. Louis, Mo., recently, KS career and post-high school counselor Laurie Shiets Apiki ’77 visited with St. Louis University students from left, Richard “Ricky” Martin ’04 (business administration major), Jacob Bode ’04 (nursing) and Jesse Lestronge ’05 (aeronautics).
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