Isobel Mahimer has been working with the English Learners program at the Department of Education for more than 20 years, concurrently with the EL department at one state high school. She is a teaching faculty in the College of Business Management in a leading university. At the same time she interprets at the courts and...

Maestro Rafael “Pike” Velasco is currently a resource teacher and choir conductor at August Ahrens Elementary School, where he organized the award winning “The Dream Makers’ Center”. He is the Music Director of Coro Filipino as well as Director/ Conductor of Banda Kawayan, both with the Filipino Community Center of Hawaii. He continues to train...

Richard Ancog retired from the US Army Military Intelligence after 36 years of service. He then joined the Department of Public Safety, Hawaii as a Department Notification Officer and background investigator. At present he interprets Visayan for the courts and various private companies. He has been actively teaching Visayan at the United Visayan Community for...