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Pacific Basin Program

University of Hawaii, Center on Disability Studies
1410 Lower Campus Road, #171F
Honolulu, HI 96822

Main Fax: 808-956-7878
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Pacific Center in Human Security

American Samoa Community College
P.O. Box 2609
Pago Pago, AS 96799

Main Phone: 684-699-2728
Main Fax: 684-699-6259
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Position Name Primary Discipline Email
Leadership
UCEDD Director Kiriko Takahashi, Ph.D. Education/Special Education [email protected]
UCEDD Director Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Lead Administrative Staff
AS - Assistant Trainer Heather Lee, B.S. Business [email protected]
AS - Communication Manager Katrina Helsham, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
AS - Interdisciplinary Training Manager Rosalee Shoulders, M.Ed Education/Special Education [email protected]
None Hye-Jin Park Education/Special Education [email protected]
Primary Activity Coordinators
Adult Services Nathaidia Moea'i, B.Ed Education/Special Education [email protected]
Adult Services Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Communications Katrina Helsham, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Community Support Claire Cappelle, B.A. Health Administration [email protected]
Community Support Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Data Coordinator Heather Lee, B.S. Business [email protected]
Data Coordinator Hye-Jin Park Education/Special Education [email protected]
Distance Learning Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Early Intervention Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Inclusion Rosalee Shoulders, M.Ed Education/Special Education [email protected]
Inclusion Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Information/Dissemination Katrina Helsham, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Other Claire Cappelle, B.A. Health Administration [email protected]
Other Heather Lee, B.S. Business [email protected]
Other Nathaidia Moea'i, B.Ed Education/Special Education [email protected]
Other Rosalee Shoulders, M.Ed Education/Special Education [email protected]
Parent/Consumer Heather Lee, B.S. Business [email protected]
Parent/Consumer Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Person Centered Planning Claire Cappelle, B.A. Health Administration [email protected]
Person Centered Planning Nathaidia Moea'i, B.Ed Education/Special Education [email protected]
Research Hye-Jin Park Education/Special Education [email protected]
Research Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Research Director Kiriko Takahashi, Ph.D. Education/Special Education [email protected]
Technical Assistance Claire Cappelle, B.A. Health Administration [email protected]
Technical Assistance Nathaidia Moea'i, B.Ed Education/Special Education [email protected]
Technical Assistance Kiriko Takahashi, Ph.D. Education/Special Education [email protected]
Technical Assistance Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Technology Coordinator Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Training Director Rosalee Shoulders, M.Ed Education/Special Education [email protected]
Transition Nathaidia Moea'i, B.Ed Education/Special Education [email protected]
Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Discipline Coordinators
Disability Studies Kiriko Takahashi, Ph.D. Education/Special Education [email protected]
Disability Studies Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Education Hye-Jin Park Education/Special Education [email protected]
Health Administration Claire Cappelle, B.A. Health Administration [email protected]
Health Administration Heather Lee, B.S. Business [email protected]
Health Administration Nathaidia Moea'i, B.Ed Education/Special Education [email protected]
Inclusion Heather Lee, B.S. Business [email protected]
Inclusion Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Law Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Other Katrina Helsham, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Other Nathaidia Moea'i, B.Ed Education/Special Education [email protected]
Public Policy Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Special Education Hye-Jin Park Education/Special Education [email protected]
Special Education Kiriko Takahashi, Ph.D. Education/Special Education [email protected]
Special Education Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Specialty Resource Contacts
AS - Emergency Management & Preparedness, Health Policy Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Project/Program/Clinic Contacts
AS - Community Advisory Council Trainer Heather Lee, B.S. Business [email protected]
AS - Emergency Management & Preparedness Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
AS - inclusive-Emergency Management Degree Rosalee Shoulders, M.Ed Education/Special Education [email protected]
AS - Money Follows the Person Data & Quality Analyst Noel Candelario, B.A. Other [email protected]
AS - Money Follows the Person HCBS Coordinator Claire Cappelle, B.A. Health Administration [email protected]
AS - Money Follows the Person Transition Coordinator Nathaidia Moea'i, B.Ed Education/Special Education [email protected]
AS - Money Follows the Person, Admin Assist. Valencia Tinae, B.A. Business [email protected]
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