ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

THANK YOU TO MY TEACHERS AT PUNAHOU, MY SCHOOL from kindergarten to graduation. I recall being semi-disruptive and argumentative, attention-seeking, and sassy. Yet for some reason you interpreted my antics as creative, funny, and unique. Thank you—those words are so much better. Your support was palpable and motivational—it made me want to prove you were right.

Asha Appel, Brad Yates, Dr. Kerwin, Mr. Earle, Mr. Tsujimoto, Mr. Woody, Paul Hamamoto, Ms. Kulp, Flo Van Dyke, Steve Wagenseller, Ms. Sakbun, Ken Smith, Mr. Luckenbach and Ms. Vincent-Lum, Mrs. Yap, Mr. Georgi, Mr. Tuttle, Mr. Torrey, Mrs. Byrne, Ms. McKibbin, Ms. Patton, and the list goes on . . . Mahalo.