Outreach

Current Outreach

Library Lectures (Keiki and Families)

I am passionate about connecting ʻike kūpuna (ancestral knowledge and perspectives) with keiki (children) and kamaʻāina (local people) to volcano science. I give public talks about this subject at Hawaiʻi State Libraries.

Example events:

Liliha Public Library

Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library

Mahina speaking to a small group of children (no faces of the children are shown)

Mahina speaking in front of a group of children holding her arms out (no faces of the children are shown)

Past Outreach

At Western Washington University, I was one of the steering representatives for URGE (Unlearning Racism in Geosciences) and was one of the student leaders of the K-12 & Outreach Working Group. In October 2022, we organized a geology field trip for local high school students. High School student participants and Undergraduate and Graduate mentors worked together to learn about making observations as a scientist in the field, identified features in outcrops, and discussed geologic processes. Many high school students hadn't had Earth or Environmental Science courses (75% according to our survey!) so this event was potentially their first exposure to geoscience.

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