2025 Summer Team
Meet the Team
Colbie Bell
Hi, I am currently a junior at Iolani School. I enjoy cheerleading, dance and playing the guitar. I'm thinking about becoming a child psychiatrist like my mom, but keeping my options open.
Jocelyn Cabatu
Welina pumehana mai kākou! I’m currently a senior at UH Hilo, Double majoring in psychology and biology with a Hawaiian Studies minor. My hope is to be a Child Psychiatrist, and I’m eager to get more experience. I enjoy playing volleyball, Hawaiian culture, & being around loved ones.
Katie Lau, MFTT, RBT
Hi, I am a graduate student at Chaminade University completing my MFT degree. In the future, I hope to work with kids and families. During my free time, I enjoy eating, binging TV shows, and running.
Tori Bell
Hi, I am currently a psychology major at UH Manoa. I have my esthetician's license and started my own business: Bell's Beauty Spa. I also am an instructor at Pure Barre Kahala. I am interested in obtaining a nursing degree to expand my business.
Alyssa Ito
Hi! I’m currently a junior at UH Mānoa and majoring in Psychology. I’m interested in pursuing a career in clinical psychology. My main goal is to build a healthier and happier community through collaboration, communication, and passion with the help of Village Visionaries.
Jacob Marquez
My name is Jacob, and I am currently a sophomore at UH Mānoa, working towards a BA in psychology. My goal is to earn a PsyD and pursue a career in clinical psychology. I’m passionate about using the skills I develop to positively impact people’s lives.
Dakota Bow
Hi! I am a junior at UH Mānoa and am pursuing a BA in psychology with a minor in English. After undergrad, I intend to attend a PsyD program in hopes to eventually pursue a career in clinical psychology. I enjoy reading, running and barre!
Mio Kadomatsu
Hi, I am currently a junior at Tufts University. I have been with Village Visionaries and Kahala Clinic for four years and enjoy helping out in any way I can. I an interested in pursuing a health-related field helping children & family.
Ellie Waters
Hi! I am currently a junior at UH Mānoa pursuing a BS in psychology. I am very passionate about helping children and love learning about how their brains work. After my time at UH, I am hoping to earn a PsyD and continue my work in the clinical and cognitive fields.
Testimonies
insight from past interns
Tori Bell
Through Village Visionaries, I have been given the opportunity to tutor students from various schools. At first I had my doubts about tutoring, thinking I wouldn't be able to make a substantial difference. However, after a few months of tutoring, I realized I was making a difference. Not only were the students getting better grades, but I could also tell they were gaining confidence. Being able to see their growing excitement to learn is very inspiring.
Aubrey Santiago
While interning for Village Visionaries, one of the programs that I've helped with is creating PSA's, which provide families, other interns, and many more, bite sized information about various health questions/topics. I enjoy making PSA's because I'm able to strengthen my research and graphic design skills to produce infographics that are engaging and understandable for many to benefit and learn from. I feel that by developing PSA's it has broadened my knowledge in different health related areas that I've increasingly become more interested in.
Nikki Ooka
Our monthly airway dentistry meetings allow interns and volunteers to observe new and evolving information on topics such as obstructive sleep apnea, TMJ disease, and myofunctional therapy from various medical professionals. We learn and gain new knowledge from inter collaboration between medical professionals. It is fascinating to see so many doctors in one place learning from each other and sharing information on what they know. These airway dentistry meetings help us to bring up different questions that we can research to improve patient care. It also exposes us to topics that we can explain to parents so they can understand and help their children breathe, sleep and progress in a healthy way.