Connie is the Founder/CEO of a Hula Girl Productions 2003. A production company developed to strive for the highest accomplishments in independent multimedia works.

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Kim Coco is a member of the Hawaii Board of Education. She was born on the island of Kauai. She was named by hotelier Grace Guslander - after the famous Coco Palms Hotel. Kim Coco's parents are Linda Toshiko and Robert Iwamoto, Jr. Her ancestors left Japan and immigrated to Kauai and California to work in the fields. Her grandparents, Robert and Florence, founded Robert's Hawaii as a mom & pop taxi service; today, Robert's Hawaii employs 1500 service industry professionals.

From her father, Kim Coco learned how to strive toward a vision and invest in people. From her mother, she learned “to give as much as we can” and that life lessons appear when we are ready. Kim Coco also has a family of friends that extend around the world. She understands how blessed she is and with that comes a responsibility to give back. Kim Coco has a lifetime commitment to volunteerism and community service. She is an advocate for serving the greater good.

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Brent Anbe works full time for the State of Hawaii: Hawaii Film Office and part time as one of Hawaii’s Independent Filmmakers. His independent filmmaking began in 2001 upon completion of his Communication Degree from the University of Hawai‘i.

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Susan Harris was a producer with Hula Girl Productions. She has a Bachelor of Journalism in Broadcasting and a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (2004). Minors in Art and English.

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Elsa E'der has been an advocate for independent media since 1993,through educational distribution at the National Asian American Telecommunications Assoc.

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Dr. Crosby has been a research psychologist for the past 15 years at the University of California, San Francisco-Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (UCSF-CAPS). Much of his work has been researching the behavioral aspects of HIV transmission among gay men.

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Ms. Banks has a Bachelor of Arts in Radio and Television Production from San Francisco State University,1978, a Master of Fine Arts in Motion Picture/Television Production from the University of California-Los Angeles in 1990. Her diverse abilities and experience have ranged from University of Hawaii Specialist, Center for Disability Studies in developing training programs for Secondary schools in Hawaii.

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Lisa Asagi is a writer, media artist and creative consultant. She is the author of two artist books, Physics and Twelve Scenes at 12am. A writer of creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, she has been published internationally in magazines, journals and anthologies.

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Jon began his extensive professional career while he was studying fine arts at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. His fascination with photography led to the start of his first professional venture, a freelance photography studio in Honolulu.

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Published photographer Christina Simpkins is a member of Professional Photographers of Hawaii and a freelance photographer for several of the local newspapers.

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Peter Studied architecture at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute. His passion and interest in social change led him into non-profit administration and grass roots organizing where he applied his design background into website production and graphic design.

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