Fellows mentioned in this story: Diane Paloma

From Maui Now:

Five University of Hawaiʻi Maui College dental hygiene students each received a $3,000 HDS Foundation scholarship. They are: Supattramanee Payackapan of Kahului, Maui; Gabrielle Galano of Kahului, Maui; Amara Pederson of Kīhei, Maui; Marie-Nicole Medrano of Wailuku, Maui; and Sabrina Carmen Pargad of Kahului, Maui.

Improving access to dental care in Hawaiʻi, especially in rural areas of the neighbor islands, starts by developing a local workforce of dentists and dental hygienists. The HDS Foundation, the state’s only philanthropic organization solely dedicated to improving access to oral health care, promoting oral health education, and reducing oral health diseases, recently awarded a total of $113,000 for scholarships for dental school students and dental hygiene students.

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