“Born in Queen’s Hospital, lived with my family lived in Palolo Valley. Our family had land but my mother sold it when dad left. We then moved to Waianae, where my mom worked seven days a week all her life to buy a home on leased land. “I moved to
“I was born and raised in Wai‘anae on the island of O‘ahu. I knew that Hawai‘i was expensive all my life — it’s hard to forget when you see your family struggle. I moved to Honolulu when I was 20 in hopes I’d land a nice office job in the
“We moved to Hawaii in 1966 when I had finished sixth-grade. I lived there until my second year of college, then went to the mainland for school. After I graduated, I realized the cost of living is lower on mainland and the pay scale is higher. “When I retired in
“I wasn’t born or raised in Hawaii, but when I visited for my best friend’s wedding and felt the aloha spirit, I knew it was where I belonged. I packed and sold my belongings, quit my high-powered career, said my goodbyes to Texas and was on my way to paradise
“My husband and I were born on the mainland, but we fell in love with Hawaii during our first visit there as a married couple. When we relocated to Hawaii, it was our intent to retire there and that it would be a permanent move, but after nearly five years,
“I was born and raised in Kona, Hawaii. I graduated high school and college in Hawaii. “When I was 21 years old, I could no longer afford to live in my own hometown — not unless I wanted to never travel or enjoy the beauty of Hawaii while I worked
“I originally came to Hawaii from Florida as a dancer on the Norwegian Cruise Line America fleet in 2006. Through that job, I met my future husband, and we got married at Kualoa Ranch in 2008. “We were supposed to leave after six months of being married because my contract
“I come from the Fanene/Keawemauhili family. I was born and raised in Kahuku and Laie until I graduated from Kahuku High in 1968. The draft was on so I volunteered and joined the Navy. After my first enlistment, I was getting married and had no job. My wife (Kahuku class
“I was born in Wahiawa and raised on Oahu. I left in May 1993 after I got married, then returned Sept. 21, 1994 after a divorce. “In 2015, I was offered a position in Clearfield, Utah, with the same Hawaii-based U.S. Department of Defense contractor company that I’d been with
“I was born and raised on the island of Kauai before moving to Arizona in 2007. At the time, my dad was offered a job to teach jujitsu at a martial arts school for better pay and opportunity. “At first we were devastated to be so far from our extensive
“Born in Queen’s Hospital, lived with my family lived in Palolo Valley. Our family had land but my mother sold it when dad left. We then moved to Waianae, where my mom worked seven days a week all her life to buy a home on leased land. “I moved to
“I was born and raised in Wai‘anae on the island of O‘ahu. I knew that Hawai‘i was expensive all my life — it’s hard to forget when you see your family struggle. I moved to Honolulu when I was 20 in hopes I’d land a nice office job in the
“We moved to Hawaii in 1966 when I had finished sixth-grade. I lived there until my second year of college, then went to the mainland for school. After I graduated, I realized the cost of living is lower on mainland and the pay scale is higher. “When I retired in
“I wasn’t born or raised in Hawaii, but when I visited for my best friend’s wedding and felt the aloha spirit, I knew it was where I belonged. I packed and sold my belongings, quit my high-powered career, said my goodbyes to Texas and was on my way to paradise
“My husband and I were born on the mainland, but we fell in love with Hawaii during our first visit there as a married couple. When we relocated to Hawaii, it was our intent to retire there and that it would be a permanent move, but after nearly five years,
“I was born and raised in Kona, Hawaii. I graduated high school and college in Hawaii. “When I was 21 years old, I could no longer afford to live in my own hometown — not unless I wanted to never travel or enjoy the beauty of Hawaii while I worked
“I originally came to Hawaii from Florida as a dancer on the Norwegian Cruise Line America fleet in 2006. Through that job, I met my future husband, and we got married at Kualoa Ranch in 2008. “We were supposed to leave after six months of being married because my contract
“I come from the Fanene/Keawemauhili family. I was born and raised in Kahuku and Laie until I graduated from Kahuku High in 1968. The draft was on so I volunteered and joined the Navy. After my first enlistment, I was getting married and had no job. My wife (Kahuku class
“I was born in Wahiawa and raised on Oahu. I left in May 1993 after I got married, then returned Sept. 21, 1994 after a divorce. “In 2015, I was offered a position in Clearfield, Utah, with the same Hawaii-based U.S. Department of Defense contractor company that I’d been with
“I was born and raised on the island of Kauai before moving to Arizona in 2007. At the time, my dad was offered a job to teach jujitsu at a martial arts school for better pay and opportunity. “At first we were devastated to be so far from our extensive
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