“In Hawaiʻi, family is everything,” Sy said. “Wearing your family name on the back of your jersey and representing them means everything to me.”

“I want to understand all aspects of a business because it would make me a better leader,” she said.

“Say yes to things,” Conner said. “You never know where opportunities will lead or how they might change your life.”

“PBL makes learning more meaningful for me,” Ayden said. “It gave me a different way of thinking about learning and showed me I am capable of doing things I didn’t think I was.”

“It feels good to help students learn and grow,” she said.

“Running Start pushed me to learn more and challenge myself,” she said. “I wanted to set myself up for the best possible future after high school.”

"Graduating makes me very emotional. I felt so many times I wouldn't reach it," Kahleah said. "Last year I was in the hospital room. I was dying, and all I wanted to do was live long enough to finish school and walk at graduation."

"I want to keep building a community," Emily said. "It doesn't matter where you are, there will always be someone who will support you. Seek out the connections, work hard, be determined, keep up with your education, and you will succeed."

"My main goal is to show others that no matter how difficult it is, if you put in the work, you will get there."