Interview

• What are your hobbies? What do you like to do in your spare time?
  Have I not answered this yet?
• If you have to pick one thing that everyone else should absolutely know about you, what would it be?
  I have a crazy fetish for kicks... I have a sweet collection of nikes, adidas, and more. I love to show off.
• What do you do for fun?
  I paddle, hike, swim, paint, read, cook, dance bachata, practice yoga, and arrange flowers.
• How do you go that ‘extra mile' in your life?
  I always make time for nature. I hike daily and collect flowers from the woods, making leis is one of my favorite pass times.
• Tell us what you consider to be your greatest life experience.
  When I was in middle school I was sent to live with my family in the Austrian Alps. I fell in love with a boy and figured out my place in life.
• What makes you stand out from the crowd?
  My relaxed confidence makes me a very calming presence. My confidence in life allows me to be the kind of person who can rise to any occasion.
• What are your greatest personal traits?
  My linguistic capabilities are incredible. I speak French, German, English and Hawaiian with little difficulty. I paint and draw like a motherfucker as well.
• What is your ‘niche’?
  My niche is as a college kid.
• How often do you travel? Do you prefer to travel or you are more of a homebody?
  I love to go new places. Nothing makes me happier than doing something I've never done before in a place I've never been.
• What kind of diet and fitness regiment do you follow?
  I never eat food from franchises, only whole foods with simple ingredients. I cook for myself so I know what I'm consuming. There is nothing better than fresh food made from scratch. As for fitness, I bike EVERYWHERE, I longboard often, and practice yoga frequently. I paddle with a canoe club four days each week and I have competed in several regattas.
• What’s your lifestyle? What makes you who you are?
  I am a senior at a university in Honolulu. I bike to school every day, I longboard a lot as well. I'm also an accomplished paddler with an acclaimed team. I read daily (feel free to ask me what I'm reading!) I really like the book 'Ishmael' by Daniel Quinn. What I'm trying to say is, I'm a cool dude.
• What would you like your followers to know about you that is unique and even a bit personal?
  I am a professional artist, and I love to draw people. I draw inspiration from the strongest emotions I feel. Pain from abuse I endured as a child. Joy from the life I've built for myself.
• If you and I were on the beach having some wine and great food, what would you tell me about yourself.
  I would tell you about my goals and aspirations. I would tell you about my philosophy regarding life, I would teach you how to swim.
• What should others absolutely know about you?
  I'm a total feminist and I'm very progressive. I have a strong respect for every human, plant, animal, and place.
• What do you enjoy most about yourself?
  My positive nature, I've got a good attitude that has gotten me far in life. I'm always going to be nice.
• Name 5 things that you can’t live without.
  Food, Shelter, Water, Friends... JKJK
  Weed, Fashion, my bike, fresh flowers and fruit