Resources - Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

August 1, 2017

Digital Storytelling Intro – Māhina 2015

What is a digital story? How and why did the 2015 cohort of the Māhina program create them. Watch this introduction video by Māhina Program Director Anjulie Ganti (MSW, MPH) to find out!

Epiphany Lototele Nick’s roots are in Samoa and South Carolina. While studying American Ethnic Studies and Biology at UW, her commitment to serve the community brought her to IWRI, as she wanted to learn more about the magnitude to which health/healthcare disparities disproportionately affect Indigenous and Black communities. As a result, Epiphany realized that her…

Chevelle Davis was a third-year Native Hawaiian student at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa when she created this digital story. She was a candidate for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Public Health. She was specifically interested in conducting effective research with indigenous communities, as well as learning how to conduct research and understanding…

B. F. Kaleionaia K-aloha is a Native Hawaiian student in public health studies at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. She was born, raised and continues to reside in Punaluʻu, which is located in the district of Koʻolau Loa on the island of Oahu. She has a passion for Kanaka ‘Ōiwi and other Indigenous people…

Donna‐Marie Palakiko is a Native Hawaiian doctoral nursing student in her final year at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. She completed her Masters of Science degree from the University of California San Francisco with an area of concentration in Nursing, Community and Cross Cultural Health, Program Management and Health Care Administration. She has 12…