While I'd consider Hawai'i my home, I am a born and raised Canadian. I grew up in a small town of 1500 people. There were no stop lights, bears were on the street corners, and a river I could fish from every day.

The multiple jobs through high-school paved the way to take my early 20's to travel the globe. After making friends in the Middle East and spending an extended season in the foothills of the Himalayas, my direction shifted to the Pacific Islands.

Now, years later, I'm grateful to be able to live in a place as special as these Islands. Learning to be a visitor that I'm not native to and learn from the people, culture, and land is easily one of life's greatest experiences.