TEDxYouth@HPA

Speakers

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• Alden Mazo

  Student

  Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Alden is passionate about the ocean and nature in general. In her limited free time, she can be found scuba diving, running, or identifying turtles based on their unique facial patterns.

• Brisamina Alessio

  Student

  Mina Alessio is a senior at HPA. She comes from a family of authors and writers and is writing her own book for her senior year capstone. Growing up surrounded by books she is very passionate about making sure people have access to information and loves to encourage self-driven learning.

• Isabella Hodges

  Student

  Isabella Hodges is a senior at HPA who knew someone who passed away from an unintentional fentanyl overdose. She saw how it affected her friend’s family and those close to her and wants to help educate and bring awareness to this epidemic so other families don’t experience the same loss.

• McKenzie Lyon

  Student

  Kenzie is a senior at HPA from Waikoloa Village on the Big Island. She experienced sexual violence for the first time in middle school, the catalyst for her interest in fighting against sexual exploitation and rape culture. She plans to work in sex trafficking prevention after completing a degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice.

• Minami Asbjornson

  Student

  Minami Asbjornson is a current senior at Hawai’i Preparatory Academy. She is to attend Tulane University for neuroscience on the premed track because of her love of science, medicine, and human behavior. In speaking about this, she hopes to make medicine and science more accessible and widely understood.

• Roxanne McMackin

  Student

  Roxanne was born in Newport Beach, California, and moved to Hawai’i when she was eight. When she’s not writing or drawing (which is frequently now due to her disability), she’s probably outside looking at birds or inside thinking about more birds.