19yrs old

PARENTS: Chanin Barretto and David Diaz of Maui Lani.

EDUCATION:  Graduate of Maui High School Class of 2008. Will be attending Maui Community College in Spring 2010, majoring in Nursing

PLATFORM:    C.H.E.E.R. "Children of Hawaii, Education, Exercise and Responsibility"

CAREER AMBITION: To obtain a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, and be a Registered Nurse.

INTERESTING FACT: She loves to ride motor cross and dance Hula and Tahitian.  She is also a proud Pop Warner Cheerleading Coach for the Kihei Dolphins Junior Pee Wee Squad.  She and the squad just returned  to Maui after competing in the National Cheerleading Competition in Florida.

TALENT:    Auwana Hula to "Olu Opu'ulani", Composed by her late grandfather Thomas "Tutu" Kanaha, a singer in the Danny Kapoi Group.  it was the last song he composed before passing on.  She is dedicating that special song and hula to her late grandfather.