Hi! My name is Rina Osedo. I grew up on Oahu, Hawaii and attended Mililani High School. I originally was attending California State University, Northridge but due to personal circumstances I thought it would be the best option to transfer to the University of Hawaii, West Oahu to complete my degree. If I were an artist's tool, I would be a pencil because without it, an artist wouldn't be able to write down their ideas or thoughts. So like the pencil my ideas wouldn't be remembered or even exist without me or my individual take on the idea.
Hawaii’s greatest source of revenue is generated from the tourism industry; earning the state billions of dollars each year. However, this comes at a great cost to Hawaii’s natural, cultural, and social resources. The very same factors that originally attract visitors are finite and have seen severe degradation over time. This essay discusses how positive change can come from within the community through early education (K-12). Incorporating sustainability practices early on will equip Hawaii’s future generations with the tools and knowledge to effect long-lasting environmental, cultural, and social change.
The concept of creativity has come a long way. The Old Greeks would call those creative forces muses, other religions referred to them as God. Today people still mostly treat creativity as an aha moment outside the area of influence. However, just by looking at the creative process one can tell, that creativity and creative work is more than just that one "Aha-Moment" (insight). It is clear that generating ideas demands planning and preparation, identifying something of interest like a problem, an opportunity or a challenge, doing research. This then leads to thinking of a solution, allowing time to incubate and iterations before arriving at something “complete.” Students learn that hard work is what makes their ideas come to life and sticktuiveness is what helps them get better.