Elect Maile: January 2011

Monday, January 3, 2011

Mahalo for Your Well-Wishes Re: My Senate Appointment!

My son, Keani, doing the "happy dance" like I did when I got the news of the Senate appointment!

Thanks so much for your support and congratulations regarding my appointment to the Senate seat. I was so moved by the outpouring of phone calls, emails, texts, and letters I received. I could not have asked for a better Christmas present, and I could not ask for better friends and family than you.

Hauoli Makahiki Hou,
Maile

Biographical Sketch

Maile Shimabukuro has served as the State House Representative for District 45 (Wai`anae, Makaha, Makua), since 2003. She is Vice Chair of the Hawaiian Affairs Committee, and a member of the Education, Higher Education, Human Services, and Health Committees. She is also a member of the Hawaiian and Women’s Caucuses.

Maile graduated from the University of Hawai`i William S. Richardson School of Law, Colorado College, and `Iolani School. She holds a B.A. in English, and a J.D.

Maile surfing at Makaha. (Photo by Danny Kim)

Maile is an attorney at a legal services organization, and represents clients in public benefits, housing, family, and consumer matters. Maile has also worked as a law clerk in State District Court; legal assistant to Alan B. Burdick, Esq.; research assistant to Professor Eric Yamamoto; and reporter for The Leeward Coaster.

Maile serves her community as a member of the MA'O Organic Farm Fundraising Committee, "People's Path" ad hoc committee, and Leeward Community College-Wai`anae Community Advisory Board.

(Photo by Georgia Campbell)

Maile, who is half Okinawan and half Chinese, grew up in Wai`anae. She has a son, Keani, and a stepdaughter, Emma. Maile is the proud daughter of Karen Young, a nurse practitioner at Wai`anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC), and James Shimabukuro, a professor at Kapi`olani Community College. Her stepfather is Dr. Fred Dodge. Maile's interests include surfing, the outdoors, politics, and travel.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Mahalo for Your Well-Wishes Re: My Senate Appointment!

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