Aloha from Tristyn and Kamohai! Our guest today is amazing Andria Tupola, Ph.D., and District 1 Council Member. She is a highly energetic and positive person, relentless in her engagement to help Hawaiian communities thrive. Her goal is to help people in Hawaii overcome adversaries and to create opportunities that will empower them.
We as investors are grateful for her passion for detecting and solving problems, especially for reforming the Hawaiian permitting process and finding solutions for housing issues.
Don’t miss this one out!
Highlights:
[00:00] Intro
[01:46] How did Andrea get into politics?
[04:15] Career paths and passions
[10:29] How to find your purpose?
[11:55] Surviving in politics
[15:18] Overcoming adversaries and pushing forward
[20:34] How difficult is it to effect change?
[25:08] Non-profits should empower, not enable
[31:30] Improving Hawaii's building permit process
[41:17] The payment processor issue
[43:24] A special assignment inspection for residential
[44:58] Putting all housing processes under one deputy
[49:37] How can the investor community support TPP reform?
[51:51] Using new technologies and social media
[55:35] The concept of being priced out of paradise
[58:53] Let’s get people working
[1:02:29] We need to be less wasteful
[1:04:33] Influence people around you
[1:08:37] Start believing that you can do it
[1:11:48] Who inspires Andrea?
[1:14:34] Inspiring others to take action
Guest Bio:
Andria Tupola, Ph.D., was born in Kahuku, Oʻahu. She attended Kamehameha Schools and went to college at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. She holds a doctorate from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. In 2014, Tupola was elected to represent District 43 (ʻEwa - Māʻili) in Hawaii’s State House of Representatives. In 2015 she became the first Samoan woman to serve as the State House Minority Leader and in 2016, she was re-elected to another term. In 2018, she was the Republican nominee in the Hawaii governor’s race. On January 2, 2021, Tupola was sworn in as Honolulu City Councilwoman and Floor Leader to represent District 1 (ʻEwa Beach - Kaʻena Point). She now lives in Māʻili, Oʻahu with her husband and their two children.
Guest Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andriatup...
