Fellows mentioned in this story:
Marisa Hayase
Yunji de Nies

From Hawai‘i News Now:

Marisa Castuera Hayase describes her job in simple terms: “I get to partner deeply with community leaders that have such ingenious solutions for community well-being and health, and my job and privilege is to find them, champion them, and resource them.”

As Vice President of Programs at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, she is the first leader from Hawai‘i to oversee its work across the U.S. and Israel — directing more than $150 million a year in grantmaking. Taking on that responsibility was not something she expected.

“I think for me, it was a stretch,” she explains, “I’m naturally a more private person. So for me it has really highlighted where leadership intersects with personal growth… sometimes we have to confront our own edges.”

Watch at hawaiinewsnow.com.