When I moved from Hawaii to San Francisco to attend college, I always got the question: "Why would you ever leave Hawaii? It's paradise there." In many cases, I would respond with a shallow "I get pretty tired of the heat and humidity" or a half joking/half serious "You get bored of beaches and hiking at some point." In reality though, most people never see the other side of Hawaii. They never see homeless encampments that get moved from street to street throughout the years. They never see the problems of poverty and drug abuse that results from it. No one sees that the younger generations are having to live with their parents and even grandparents just to make ends meet. No one sees that people are renting out their homes to survive but also changing what it means to live in a community in Hawaii. People have been leaving Hawaii and moving to the United States Mainland in order to live a better life and I aim to bring the reasons to light with my project.
Emmit Parubrub My name is Emmit Kamakaniʻoluʻoluʻokoʻolau Kahaʻulelio Parubrub and I am a student at the University of San Francisco majoring in Computer Science. I was born on the island of Oahu, Hawaiʻi and raised in Kahaluʻu. I love being in the ocean, the mountains, or the gym but I have always been fascinated with technology. When I was a child my environment was very rural and filled with nature so when I would see new technology I would be interested and intrigued by how it worked. I am majoring in computer science to foster child-like fascination and passion for technology. Github • LinkedIn