A conversation with Dr. Celina Hayashi about what it was like growing up not only in the island of Hawai'i but specifically the island of Maui as a Filipino whose dreams are to make her ancestors proud such as her grandparents whom emigrated from the farmlands of Ilocos Norte, Philippines in 1946 in order to give their children and future grandchildren the opportunity to pursue a better life through higher education in America. Through their sacrifices in coming to the US and the backbreaking work they endured as the lowest-paid “sakadas” in Hawaiʻi‘s pineapple fields.
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