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ACM talent featured in cultural-based animation film festival

CAFF selected films Blue Cooler and Kites out of more than 1,250 animated film submissions from 98 countries.

Emiko Saraswati Susilo served as a cultural consultant for Disney’s Academy Award-nominated film, Raya and the Last Dragon.

Geetika Patwardhan is continuing her training as a postbaccalaureate research fellow at the National Institutes of Health.

Sonja Bigalke-Bannan owns and runs Heart Horses, a unique therapy facility that offers therapeutic horseback and equine-assisted psychotherapy.

Misha Matsumoto Yee was selected from a nationwide pool of 6,008 nominated teachers.

Kealohakuʻualohakuʻupokiʻi Balaz is the first person from Hawaiʻi to be selected for the program since its inception in 2018.

The Hawaiʻi Abortion Guide is the first and only comprehensive guide to abortion rights and resources available statewide.

Tony Wong Cam and his brother, Henry Huang, opened the first Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea in Hawaiʻi earlier this year.

Nicole Graham, who earned bachelor’s degrees in public health and Spanish, will serve as a volunteer in Peru in the health sector.

Former Rainbow Warrior baseball players Kaeo Aliviado and Jedd Andrade were on previous LLWS championship teams.