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Empowering Pacific Islander students to navigate their academic, professional, and personal journeys with confidence and cultural pride through advocacy, professional development, and community engagement.

06/07/2026

Still on a high from our trip!

06/04/2026

Our UA students with chaperone Jimmy Snuka Jr. with Uncle Scotty and his crew, who gave them all a wonderful experience!

06/03/2026

Our foundation was blessed to complete our first service learning trip on Sunday, May 24th. Uncle Willie and Aunty Blanche McMillan of Hui Mahi'ai 'Āina in Waimānalo were our gracious hosts and gave all 18 of our University of Arizona students, our 3 chaperones, and even our son Keoni and me an experience I imagine we will never forget. We served both the Waimānalo and Lāʻie communities, had cultural learning and experiences, and a lot of fun.

I was able to stay a few days longer with my kids before we headed home on Thursday. As I was on the plane headed home to Arizona, leaving the home of my heart until next time, my heart was so full of gratitude I felt like it could burst at any moment. I know... dramatic, but true. I had started posting a few stories on Instagram while on the island, but haven't had a chance to go over the hundreds of photos and videos taken. I am still feeling exhausted and can't seem to catch up with rest. I realize this is unorthodox, but I will probably be posting photos backwards, starting with my kids' and our last day and goodbyes. Mahalo nui loa to our donors, sponsors, partners, and hosts who made this trip possible and to our incredible students who joined us.

A hui hou, Oʻahu, Lāʻie, and Waimānalo 🌺

05/11/2026

To every woman who has loved, sacrificed, and shown up for a child... Happy Mother's Day! 🌺

At Le Nu'u Legacy Foundation, we know that our students don't arrive to us alone. They arrive carried by the strength of mothers, aunties, grandmothers and the whole village behind them.

Today we celebrate YOU - the first legacy builders in their lives. 💛

05/06/2026

Latest update: we are no longer in need of additional financial support. With online and in person donations, paired with in kind donations, we’ve met our goal. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.

UPDATE: Mahalo nui loa Solid Grindz Hawaiian BBQ for your generous donation. We are so grateful! The amount on our fundraising link is not yet updated, and the current need is now $1312. Please help us close that gap, with any amount that is feasible OR click on the share button and share it with folks you think might be able to support our students.

Aloha All,

We are so grateful. Our lead donor made this Hawaiʻi Service Learning Trip possible, and because of their generosity, our students are able to experience this trip.

But as with any growing program, last-minute adjustments happen and we have a small but urgent funding gap of $2,412 that we need to close before we take off on May 17th.

Every dollar goes directly toward making sure our students experience this trip FULLY: the service, the culture, the ʻohana, without anything held back.

🌺 Some are coming home. Some are coming to learn. All of them said yes to something bigger than themselves.

Please help us to close the funding gap that could hold them back from the full experience on the island. We leave in 11 days. Any help in any form, even sharing with your network, would be deeply appreciated. 🤙🏽

Click on this link to donate: https://tinyurl.com/LeNuuHawaiiServiceLearnTrip Even sharing this link would be amazing!

03/25/2026

We had our final Spring series workshop last week and it was a great evening! Thank you to all the students who took time to join us and finish out strong. We were blessed to have Coach Jimmy Snuka, Jr and his beautiful wife Heka join us. Mahalo Iona and Phillip for sharing your valuable experiences with all of us!

03/16/2026

Welcome back from Spring Break!!!

FINAL Workshop of the Spring Series! Personal Narrative: Owning Your Story

In our culture, many of us were taught not to talk about ourselves and to let our work speak, to stay humble, to uplift the collective before the individual. And that value IS beautiful. But what happens when the professional world asks us to speak up, for a job, an internship, a room full of people who don't know you yet?

Tomorrow night, Coach Iona Uiagalelei and Uncle Phil Medlock (UA Engineering Advisor and Le Nu'u's Academic Lead) will co-facilitate a session built for us - helping PI students and student-athletes learn to honor our roots and step into our voice. We'll explore how to turn our stories, our identity, and our lived experience into a professional strength, not in spite of who we are, but because of it.

Come ready to learn. Come ready to share. Come ready to own your story. Come eat too!

📅 Tomorrow — Tuesday, March 17
📍 UA Main Library — Same time 6-7:30P, same place (room B252/254)

🌮 Dinner catered in by Fraustos Street Tacos

🥤 Vaifala drinks provided by UA's .collective

And, possibly other favorite treats.

This one is for ALL Pacific Islander students at UA — athletes and non-athletes alike. If you have a story (and you do), this space is for you.

If we've tagged you or you see this, tag a PI friend on campus who needs to be in the room too.

03/07/2026

To my Pacific Islander 'ohana — I need to share something important because I love you all too much to stay quiet. 💙

Two crypto schemes are actively spreading through our community right now and I need to name them both:

🚨 SWIFT WAVE — marketed as the "Polynesian Crypto Community." Pay to join, recruit 5 people, earn Sunday dividends and level bonuses. No registered company exists. I searched.

🚨 BG WEALTH (also called BG Wealth Sharing / DSJ EX) — marketed as AI-powered trading where you "click a button" twice a day. This one has been formally warned against by regulators in the US, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK. New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority specifically flagged it as targeting Tongan and other Pacific Islander communities. The founder "Professor Stephen Beard" does NOT exist. No real trading occurs. When people try to withdraw their money, they're hit with fees — and even if they pay, the money doesn't come back.

Different names. Same trap.

Here's the simple test for any opportunity like this: If the only way to make money is to recruit people you know — it's a scam. There is no real product. When recruitment slows, it collapses. The people who joined last lose everything.

For our student-athletes specifically: this could cost you your eligibility. Under current NCAA rules (Bylaw 12.4 and the House v. NCAA settlement), any outside income must be pre-approved by your compliance office, and pyramid schemes do not qualify as valid NIL activity. Do NOT risk your scholarship.

The people running these schemes know exactly what they're doing when they target our community. They use our values — 'ohana, generosity, wanting to lift each other up — as the recruitment engine. That's NOT representation. That's exploitation.

If someone you love is already in, please don't shame them. They were targeted. Share this with love.

I've put together a full resource, including specific NCAA bylaws - available at https://www.lenuulegacy.org/advocacy
Message me any time.

— Aunty Benjie | Le Nu'u Legacy Foundation
https://www.lenuulegacy.org

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Sahuarita, AZ
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+15209719452

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http://lenuulegacy.org/

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