The Chamber of Commerce for Persons with Disabilities Hawaii is partnered with UNA Hawaii-Honolulu and wants to wish Ms. Maldonado the very best of luck on her mission.
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Honolulu, Hawai'i, U.S. - Ms. Celestine Mokihana Maldonado is a United Nations Association USA (UNA-USA) Hawaii-Honolulu Chapter Board Member and Young Professional Chair for youth education and activities. She will be competing with 25 others in the Interview, Evening Gown, Sports Wear and On-Stage Question segments on March 10, 2018 7:30PM PST on The Queen Mary in Long Beach, California - to become Ms. America® 2018. As the current Ms. Hawaii, she will be expand her outreach and further her mission of empowering today's youth through education, active participation and diplomacy. |
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Ms. Maldonado's journey to create an environment of aloha and peaceful co-existence required diverse skills including strategic planning, entrepreneurship, fundraising, networking, leadership development, recruitment and making people/project connections. She holds an Early Childhood Credential from American Montessori Society, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from University of Hawaii Manoa, and Master’s degree in Education from Chaminade University. She is a co-founder, and CEO of Ho’okili Hawai‘i Academy, a K-12 project-based school opening in the fall of 2019. It was during the United Nations International Day of Peace and Non-Violence activities that her mentor, Dr. Dorothy Douthit, suggested Mokihana enter the Ms. Hawaii America pageant to enhance her public speaking skills. Mokihana Maldonado won the Ms. Hawaii crown on April 9, 2017. |
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Serving as the liaison for dignitaries, Ms. Maldonado help set the atmosphere at the World Youth Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii on Nov 17, 2017. In attendance were youth delegates from 30 countries seen here with the Polynesian Voyaging Society's sailing canoe Hokule'a. UNA-USA Hawaii-Honolulu honored Hokule'a as it takes time off from voyages that address cultural extinction by perpetuating the art and science of traditional Polynesian voyaging through experiential educational programs that inspire students and their communities to respect and care for themselves, each other, and their natural and cultural environments. |
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August 2016 - Ms. Maldonado was the liaison for the Hawaii youth delegates to the United Nations Association Sustainability Youth Summit in Morocco. Pictured here (Left to Right) Sophie Carba, Maggie Morris, Mokihana Maldonado, Secretary General of Morocco Mr. Driss Guerraoui, Ulises Diaz, Ezekiel Tolentino, Katrina Bustillos, and Molly M. |
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United Nations Association (UNA) are national civil society organizations that links citizens of the world with the United Nations by ensuring that the UN is relevant to the lives of the people it serves. See video highlights of the 2017 Hawaii Pacific Model United Nations Conference preparing today's youth for the real world as they practice informal & formal diplomacy. Click here to see video. |
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