Tamika Wakinekona

Ua loaʻa ʻo Tamika i kāna BS ma ka ʻIke Helu mai ke Kulanui ʻo Morgan State a ʻoi aku ma mua o 20 mau makahiki i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā lawelawe moʻohelu kālā a me ke kākoʻo no nā ʻoihana nui a liʻiliʻi ma nā ʻano ʻoihana like ʻole. No ka hapa nui o ia manawa, ʻo ka nui o nā ʻoihana āna i hana pū ai me nā ʻoihana moana ʻole. No Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ʻo ia, akā ua noho ʻo ia ma Maryland no 30 mau makahiki. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka wā kamaliʻi ma hope o kona neʻe ʻana i Maryland, kahi i hele ai ʻo ia ma kahi huakaʻi kula ʻepekema kula ma luna o kahi skipjack e hana ana i ka noiʻi ma Chesapeake Bay. Na ia ʻike i hoʻāla i kona hoihoi i ka moana o ka honua. Ua hoʻomaka ka pilina o Tamika me The Ocean Foundation i ka makahiki 2009 ma o kāna hui ʻo DAS Unlimited, Inc.