{"id":11,"date":"2025-04-26T22:24:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-05-12T21:22:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T21:22:24","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"min-height:757px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><video class=\"wp-block-cover__video-background intrinsic-ignore\" autoplay muted loop playsinline src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/What-Kind-of-Tree-Will-You-Be.mp4\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"><\/video><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-20 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#FFF\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-max-60-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:800;line-height:1.2\">Pacific Islanders reflect on ancestry, identity, and community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><strong>By Tatiana Matamealelei Sataua<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-b2891da8 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#chapter-one\">Chapter One<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#chapter-two\">Chapter Two<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#chapter-three\">Chapter Three<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#chapter-four\">Chapter Four<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--5\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#chapter-five\">Chapter Five<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"services\" class=\"wp-block-group alignfull pattern_multiple_covers has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-max-60-font-size wp-elements-4cf7b2cfa3caca377f77bead898c15f6\" id=\"chapter-one\" style=\"letter-spacing:3px\">Chapter One<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Where they are today<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:78px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-17caf61fba091c197954dd61bde3986f\"><strong><em>Na matou t\u016bt\u016b la\u2019au ma nei.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the journey to where we are today, we have rested under many trees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Samoan proverb metaphorically references trees, which are the ancestors who set up these pathways for one to embark on a journey. A reminder every step forward is made possible by those who came before us and those who walk alongside us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">It speaks to a truth deeply rooted in Pacific Islander cultures: you are never alone. 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Scratching only the surface and scattering its islands across the margins and reducing them to tiny dots in a vast blue nothingness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);grid-template-columns:auto 57%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>That\u2019s not how Pacific Islanders seem themselves though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>This map on the right tells a different story. It recenters the ocean as connection, separation. It\u2019s a reminder that these islands are not isolated specks, but part of a<br>massive oceanic network, deeply lived in and deeply felt.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To understand the Pacific, you have to see it the way Pacific Islanders do: not as<br>scattered, but as whole.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MAP-OF-R-1024x645.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-412 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MAP-OF-R-1024x645.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MAP-OF-R-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MAP-OF-R-2000x1259.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:103px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);grid-template-columns:58% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Flags-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Flags-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Flags-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Flags.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Conversations with a handful of Pacific Islanders revealed that while those within the group share many similarities, they are different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s important, they say, to not \u201clump them together.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, you may find that community is their common thread.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-c375d253 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-max-60-font-size wp-elements-a9152ca3beca7b9d1236215d7b0c9f8c\" id=\"chapter-two\" style=\"letter-spacing:3px\">Chapter Two<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong><strong>From we to me<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:67px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To Pacific Islanders, the ocean and land provided opportunity and connection. These vibrant communities produced master navigators, powerful chiefs, and agriculture experts. They retained strong bonds to their homelands, preserving their identity by continuing cultural traditions, despite the erasure and misrepresentation happening in America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"team\" class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sail-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sail-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sail-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sail-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sail-2000x2667.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Polowat Sail in the Pacific Island Ethnic Museum in Long Beach. (Photo by Tatiana Sataua)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4548-preview-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4548-preview-1-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4548-preview-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4548-preview-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4548-preview-1-2000x2667.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Coconuts lying in a Samoan &#8216;ato (basket) made from coconut fronds or Pandanus leaf. (Photo courtesy of Elzira Noga)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestors-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestors-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestors-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestors-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestors-2000x2667.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Various ancestral pieces and tools in a hut at the Pacific Island Ethnic Museum in Long Beach. (Photo by Tatiana Sataua)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When Elzira Noga, a University of Southern California junior from Samoa, packed her belongings and flew 5,000 miles over the Pacific Ocean to start a new life as a college student, she felt excited and comforted by knowing her parents would be by her side. However, within just a week after arriving in Los Angeles, the absence of her parents and larger communities began to set in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/zira-and-family-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/zira-and-family-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/zira-and-family-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/zira-and-family-2000x1500.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elzira Noga, third to the right, with her family at USC as they move her into the dorms. (Photo courtesy of Elzira Noga)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/elzira-with-her-fam-part-two-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/elzira-with-her-fam-part-two-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/elzira-with-her-fam-part-two-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/elzira-with-her-fam-part-two-2000x1500.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elzira Noga, second to the left, with her family. (Photo courtesy of Elzira Noga)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back home in Samoa, she described a general mindset of everyone being community-based. She was never scared to go outside at any time of day or walk up and ask a stranger if she needed help \u2014 everyone looked out for each other.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mosquitoes and stray dogs were the only things which really scared her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cComing to USC, it\u2019s very individualistic, which was a really hard shift for me,\u201d said Noga. \u201cPeople don\u2019t look out for each other here the way they look out for each other back at home. It wasn\u2019t something I was used to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/elzira-on-plane-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-367\" style=\"width:1006px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/elzira-on-plane-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/elzira-on-plane-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/elzira-on-plane-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/elzira-on-plane-edited-2000x1125.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elzria Noga on the plane looking at the in-seat map on her way to Los Angeles, California from Pago Pago, American Samoa when she moved to USC. (Photo courtesy of Elzira Noga)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Pacific Islander Student Association has been a great way for me to stay connected with being Polynesian,\u201d said Noga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Learn more about USC PISA.<\/summary>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">According to it&#8217;s constitution, &#8220;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uscpisa\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uscpisa\/\">Pacific Islander Student Association<\/a> purpose is to cultivate, support and empower the Pacific Islander and Oceania community in higher education. The organization serves to provide a safe haven for our students of Polynesian, Micronesian, and Melanesian descent. As students in higher-education they aim to serve as positive roles models to our cultural ancestry through educational goals and aspirations.&#8221; Their goal is to help build cultural awareness and individual \u201cNesian\u201d identity within society.<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"775\" data-id=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0561-1024x775.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0561-1024x775.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0561-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0561.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">UCLA PISA x USC PISA tailgate for football game. (Photo courtesy of UCLA PISA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"132\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0562-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0562-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0562-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0562-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0562.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">USC PISA members putting pins representing where they are from on the Oceania Map. (Photo by Tatiana Sataua)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"866\" data-id=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0560-1024x866.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0560-1024x866.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0560-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0560.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elzira Noga, fourth to the left, with USC PISA attending a general meeting about being Pacific Islander in America. (Photo courtesy of USC PISA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:36% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.17.36-PM-854x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.17.36-PM-854x1024.png 854w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.17.36-PM-250x300.png 250w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.17.36-PM.png 988w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The experience of navigating identity and connection away from the islands can look very different, depending on where and how someone was raised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:59px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bryson Nihipali, a Native Hawaiian who is a visual artist with passion for photography and filmmaking, grew up around Long Beach where there were a lot of Pacific Islanders. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t an issue of seeing myself or seeing representation around me, I kind of always knew who I was,\u201d said Nihipali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:68px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bryson\u2019s family started the first Hula H\u0101lau, a school dedicated to teaching traditional Hawaiian hula, in Los Angeles, where they often gathered for family events. \u201cI felt so lucky because a lot of Hawaiians on the continent aren\u2019t surrounded with their culture, art, and language,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">Although Nihipali never learned how to speak \u014clelo Hawai&#8217;i or grew up going to Hawai\u2019i, he knew it didn\u2019t matter as much as everyone believes it does.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\u201cI try to make a new identity because there isn\u2019t a right way to be Hawaiian or to be Pacific Islander,\u201d said Nihipali. \u201cMost Hawaiians live off the island so essentially our lived experiences are reflective of what it means to be away from our land and we are creating that culture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">He also advises other Native Hawaiians who are feeling lost to not write themselves off if they don\u2019t know how to speak the language or dance hula. \u201cIt\u2019s more of knowing who your family is and who you\u2019re descended from, that\u2019s where you find real connection,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:84px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"772\" data-id=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nephew.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nephew.jpg 512w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nephew-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bryson Nihipali&#8217;s nephew on Oahu. (Photo courtesy Bryson Nihipali)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/313474641_1127913641171645_3226276213435651901_n-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/313474641_1127913641171645_3226276213435651901_n-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/313474641_1127913641171645_3226276213435651901_n-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/313474641_1127913641171645_3226276213435651901_n.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bryson Nihipali working on a short documentary. (Photo courtesy Bryson Nihipali)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bry.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bry.jpg 639w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bry-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bryson Nihipali at the VC Film Fest premiering his film, &#8220;KE ALA.&#8221; (Photo courtesy Bryson Nihipali)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:69px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">Nihipali got into photography for various reasons, but especially because he didn\u2019t really know how to express himself. \u201cIn some ways it goes back to not knowing my language because Hawaiians have an interesting way of expressing emotions that isn\u2019t possible in the English language,\u201d said Nihipali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">He felt that if he could express himself visually, it could make up for a lack of knowing how to express himself with words.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">Nihipali&#8217;s goal is to make films where Pacific Islanders are just normal people. \u201cFilms where Pacific Islanders are lead characters in our own story set on the continent,\u201d said Nihipali. \u201cAll the work I\u2019ve done has been about my family because our families are the main thing for us.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">His latest documentary, \u201cKE ALA,\u201d features interviews with his family living both in Hawaii and California. Throughout the film, he combines these interviews with old photos to piece together his family history and how his relatives still keep in touch with not only each other, but with their culture as a whole.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\u201cIt\u2019s something reflecting that experience of having your family be your first community and the issues that come with that, but also the joy that comes with it as well,\u201d said Nihipali.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-max-60-font-size wp-elements-f8c42397376d25625956860c560939ec\" id=\"chapter-three\" style=\"letter-spacing:3px\">Chapter Three<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-882e56c8ba1e23ceeda426a97be62dbc\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);letter-spacing:1px\"><strong>It&#8217;s not just me, it&#8217;s we <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:39% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"865\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.34.41-PM-3-865x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-326 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.34.41-PM-3-865x1024.png 865w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.34.41-PM-3-253x300.png 253w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.34.41-PM-3.png 946w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Ever since she was seven years old, Noelani Day was in the water. The first Olympic swimmer born and raised in Tonga, she didn\u2019t do it by herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it was in her backyard of Tongan waters or an Olympic size swimming pool, she was born to swim. However, back in her home, sports wasn\u2019t really an option, especially for girls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:63px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I was growing up I was told don\u2019t waste your time focusing on sports,\u201d said Day. \u201cEspecially if you were a girl and good at school, that is your only way out.\u201d<br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">This was especially difficult for Day because in Tongan culture, one of their core values is \u201cFaka&#8217;apa&#8217;apa atu,\u201d which means be respectful, but noting that to be respectful you don\u2019t ask questions, and you\u2019re not outspoken.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">However, she still pursued her Olympic dream with a familial sense of duty. Day was so inspired and motivated by the other Pasifika females she met when she was training for the Tokyo Games. Her roommate was Samoan and a lot of the team were from Micronesia, Fiji, Tonga, and other islands who gave her this confidence and empowerment she will never forget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3445.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3445.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3445-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3445-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Noelani Day, third to the right, working with a local swim clinic they ran for kids at her village in Tonga. (Photo courtesy of Noelani Day)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9075.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9075.jpg 960w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9075-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Noelani Day hugging her mom after swim trials. (Photo courtesy of Noelani Day)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\u201cWhen I made it, it was great for me, but it was also a team effort,\u201d said Day. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t just me swimming and standing behind the blocks, it was my mom, the local swimmers back home \u2013 it was everyone who had gotten me there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">Outside the water, Day will be graduating with a bachelor&#8217;s degree in Human Biology from USC. She hopes to be a physical therapist to contribute to her community and is active in empowering young girls and women in Tonga.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-parallax\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-198 size-full has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4533-scaled.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:92px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-max-60-font-size wp-elements-188a874e634f6de4f358183109d439a9\" id=\"chapter-four\" style=\"letter-spacing:3px\"><strong>Chapter Four<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\"><strong>To be seen<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">Sefa Aina, a longtime community organizer and activist, has spent decades educating others about this belief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\u201cO le ala i le pule o le tautua,\u201d he said, referencing another Samoan proverb. It means the path through leadership is through service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">His parents grew up in Samoa where the U.S. Navy made an impact on the islands, so when he graduated high school, it seemed the path was pointing to the Navy or playing football. \u201cMy mom and dad saw that as sort of the pinnacle of U.S. society,\u201d said Aina. \u201cI tried to make them happy and it was horrible, it just wasn\u2019t for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-large);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-large);grid-template-columns:39% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-06-at-1.32.41-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-390 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-06-at-1.32.41-PM.png 708w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-06-at-1.32.41-PM-250x300.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Aina then went on to attend UCLA, a pivotal moment. It was an interesting time in California\u2019s history with various propositions many students on campus&nbsp; advocated against. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, Aina was just looking for other Pacific Islander students to hang out with in this big school, however with these other Pacific Islander students, he found purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">One of the things the Pacific Islander club did was high school outreach where they would bring high school students from Carson, Long Beach, and Inglewood to campus. He didn\u2019t realize it then, but the kids changed his perspective on everything.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-caa6f773 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-bb131731 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\u201cThey didn\u2019t question whether I was smart enough to be at UCLA, they just looked at me and accepted&nbsp; I was that kid,\u201d said Aina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">That\u2019s as opposed to his peers, who he felt looked at him as if he didn\u2019t belong there or he was an Affirmative Action student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\u201cIt was different because I realized this is who I do it for,\u201d said Aina.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-06-at-1.34.21-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-06-at-1.34.21-PM.png 886w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-06-at-1.34.21-PM-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:69px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"740\" data-id=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Obama-1024x740.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Obama-1024x740.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Obama-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Obama.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Sefa Aina with then-President Barack Obama during his tenure as Vice-Chair of the President\u2019s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Obama, who grew up in Hawaii, appointed him to the role in 2010. (Photo courtesy of Sefa Aina)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" data-id=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Family-Pic-1024x710.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Family-Pic-1024x710.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Family-Pic-300x208.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Family-Pic.jpeg 1096w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Sefa Aina with his wife, two daughters, and son. (Photo courtesy of Sefa Aina)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\"><strong><em>O le ala i le pule o le tautua.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">The sense of belonging, of being seen by your people, is the core of everything Aina has worked toward. From fighting for ethnic studies to pushing for disaggregated data collection reflecting true Pasifika experiences, his work is rooted in empowerment and visibility. \u201cWe can have stories for days,\u201d he said. \u201cBut if we don\u2019t have the numbers, no one listens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">When COVID-19 hit, Pacific Islanders were disproportionately impacted and many community members began to speak out. \u201cIt was a beautiful thing, but also alarming because it showed people just how invisible we actually were,\u201d said Aina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">Aina sees the systematic erasure of Pacific Islanders as not just a cultural issue, but a policy one which impacts health, education, incarceration and more. \u201cI still push for data, for research, for the narrative, programs, and all these things because I want to remove every excuse in the world for people not to help us,\u201d said Aina. \u201cI want to empower my people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">He left me with this question, \u201cWhat kind of tree are you going to be?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/khloe-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-406\" style=\"width:1021px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/khloe-1-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/khloe-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/khloe-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/khloe-1-2000x2667.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My cousin Khloe picking from a flower from a Plumeria tree in my aunt&#8217;s backyard. (Photo by Tatiana Sataua)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-max-60-font-size wp-elements-8ba593f3750438eea7afc143aec06b71\" id=\"chapter-five\" style=\"letter-spacing:3px\"><strong>Chapter Five<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>What kind of tree are you going to be?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I debated starting this piece with the Samoan proverb because it comes from just one of the thousands of island cultures.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, after my Zoom conversation with Aina in February, I sat there letting the weight of his words settle. Behind him, photos of his family were framed on a brown wooden shelf \u2013 reminders of the generations he speaks for and carries with him. I thought about the photo Noelani Day showed me of her mom coaching her in the water, and of Bryson Nihipali smiling with his family at Hula Halau.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-11 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"1162\" data-id=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0627-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0627-2.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0627-2-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0627-2-1024x1017.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0627-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Two-year old me. (Photo courtesy Sataua Family)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4551-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4551-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4551-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4551-2000x2667.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4551-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My mom, grandma, brother, dad at my brother&#8217;s middle school graduation. I\u2019m on the right. (Photo courtesy Sataua Family)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6135-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6135-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6135-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6135-2000x2667.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2025\/sataua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6135-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My Aunty Elva&#8217;s memorial in her house in Hawaii. (Photo by Tatiana Sataua)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I glanced at my own desk, where photos of my parents, siblings, cousins, and grandparents stared back at me. And in this quiet moment, I understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s no right way to be a Pacific Islander. Being Pacific Islander can have a lot of meanings to different people, but the thread of it all is to grow roots deep into your community. To provide shade and strength for those around you, just as your ancestors did for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Na matou t\u016bt\u016b la\u2019au ma nei.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Aina said, \u201cThat\u2019s the thing about being who we are, it\u2019s not about you, it&#8217;s about us, our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:61px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignfull is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-large);margin-bottom:0;margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-large)\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"More Than a Stereotype: Pacific Islander Identity in America by Tatiana Sataua\" width=\"950\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2089119510&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=950\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter One Where they are today Na matou t\u016bt\u016b la\u2019au ma nei. 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