Two Maui Prep seniors are Ivy League bound
By Staff | Apr 23, 2021
Aiesha Pradhan will attend Cornell University and major in Biology and Society.
NAPILI Out of hard work comes success. Maui Preparatory Academy is proud to announce that 100 percent of its senior class has been accepted to a diverse range of colleges and universities, both across the country and internationally, which is consistent with the school’s record for the last five years running. Two of those seniors, Aiesha Pradhan and Peyton Gillespie, will be attending Ivy League universities in the fall. Over the course of their careers at Maui Prep, Aiesha and Peyton have truly embodied the saying, “Life is what you make it,” taking advantage of every opportunity that Maui Prep has to offer and then some.
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Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughterâs Story by Mazie K. Hirono; Viking (416 pages, $28)
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If you want to know what Mazie K. Hirono thinks about someone, just ask her.
Her right-wing colleagues in the Senate? âRepublican zombies.â Attorney Alan Dershowitz? âCynical and idiotic.â President Donald Trump? âA petty, vindictive, spoiled brat.â
Hirono is tough. And as her autobiography, âHeart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughterâs Story,â proves, she had to be.
Born in Japan, Hirono came to the United States when she was 8. Her family was poor, but she had dreams and worked hard to achieved them: member of the Hawaii House of Representatives., lieutenant governor of Hawaii, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and United States senator.
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If you want to know what Mazie K. Hirono thinks about someone, just ask her.
Her right-wing colleagues in the Senate? âRepublican zombies.â Attorney Alan Dershowitz? âCynical and idiotic.â President Donald Trump? âA petty, vindictive, spoiled brat.â
Hirono is tough. And as her autobiography, âHeart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughterâs Story,â proves, she had to be.
Born in Japan, Hirono came to the United States when she was 8. Her family was poor, but she had dreams and worked hard to achieved them: member of the Hawaii House of Representatives., lieutenant governor of Hawaii, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and United States senator.
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Sen. Mazie Hirono discusses Kavanaugh hearings, the January insurrection and how her immigrant family s experiences impacted her
Democratic U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono s newly released book,
Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter s Story, is part political memoir and part love letter to her family and the state she represents.
As Hawaii’s first female senator, and the only immigrant currently serving in the U.S. Senate, Hirono had a set of unique obstacles to overcome.
One of Hirono’s strongest influences is her mother, Laura Hirono, who died at 96 shortly before this episode was recorded. After escaping an unhappy marriage in Japan to an abusive man, Laura Hirono brought her two eldest children back to her birthplace of Hawaii when Hirono was 7 years old, with her parents and youngest son joining them later.