CREWMEMBER HIGHLIGHT: Hye Jung Kim
Hye Jung taking notes on weather
Crew Profile: Hye Jung Kim
PVS Member Since
HOMETOWN:
Pālolo, O'ahu
PRIMARY DUTY:
Apprentice Navigator & Deckhand
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:
Communications and voyage documenting
WORLDWIDE VOYAGE LEGS SAILED:
Leg 1: Hikianalia’s Voyage To California, Leg 12: Brisbane to Darwin, Leg 22: Maine to Nova Scotia to New York
Hye Jung was born in South Korea and grew up in Mount Dora, Florida before moving to Hawaiʻi to get a Master in Mathematics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa before teaching Math at the University Laboratory School and Kapiolani Community College. Hye Jung currently teaches at ʻIolani School. Her first sail on Hōkūleʻa was from Brisbane to Darwin, Australia, in 2015.
Hōkūleʻa inspires Hye Jung to be more mindful in all aspects of her life and she hopes to inspire her students to do the same. She would love to see the world become more mindful of the impacts that we are having on our Island Earth. Through the Worldwide Voyage, she has already witnessed several schools come together to collaborate and she hopes to see more of that throughout the voyage.
Hōkūleʻa inspires Hye Jung to be more mindful in all aspects of her life and she hopes to inspire her students to do the same. She would love to see the world become more mindful of the impacts that we are having on our Island Earth. Through the Worldwide Voyage, she has already witnessed several schools come together to collaborate and she hopes to see more of that throughout the voyage.
Hye Jung Kim: Related Posts
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Hikianalia Update | Sep 9, 2018: Leg 1 Final Update
Hikianalia Update by Hye Jung Kim Sept 9, 2018 Report This will serve as our Read more -
Crew Blog | Hye Jung Kim: The Forty Year Dream – ʻAnakala Kalau
Crew Blog by Hye Jung Kim Our 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. watch is on deck Read more -
Hikianalia Update | Sep 7-8, 2018: Happy Birthday ʻAnakala Kalau
Hikianalia Update by Hye Jung Kim Sept 7, 2018 Navigation Report Aloha, and mahalo to Read more -
Hikianalia Navigation Report | Sep 5-6, 2018
Hikianalia Update by Hye Jung Kim Sept 5, 2018 Navigation Report Sept 6, 2018 Update: Read more -
Hikianalia Update | Sep 3-4, 2018: Dolphin Show
Hikianalia Update by Hye Jung Kim Sept 3, 2018 Update: Dolphins Among Us This morning Read more -
Hikianalia Update | Sep 1 – 2, 2018: Letters, Songs, Dolphins and Unicorns
Hikianalia Update by Hye Jung Kim Sept 1, 2018 Update: A Song from the Sea Read more -
Hikianalia Update | Aug 30-31, 2018: Happy Birthday Keli!
Hikianalia Update by Hye Jung Kim Aug 30 Update: Happy Birthday Keli! We are celebrating Read more -
Hikianalia Update | Aug 28-29, 2018: Happy Birthday Kimo!
Hikianalia Update by Hye Jung Kim Aug 28 Update: Stuck in the Clouds We are Read more -
Hikianalia Update | Aug 26-27, 2018: Happy Birthday Keala!
Hikianalia Update by Hye Jung Kim Aug 27 Update Today is Keala’s birthday! ʻAnakala Gary Read more -
Crew Blog | Hye Jung Kim: Anakala Gary
Crew Blog by Hye Jung Kim It’s August 24th – we are currently on watch Read more -
Hikianalia Update | Aug 25, 2018: Navigation Update
Hikianalia Update by Hye Jung Kim Aug 25 | AM Update We had another good Read more -
Hikianalia Update | Aug 24, 2018: Weather Change
Hikianalia Update by Hye Jung Kim Aug 24 | AM Update We had a pretty Read more -
Crew Blog | Hye Jung Kim: Bring a Bucket
by Hye Jung Kim Jason and Naʻalehu from ʻŌiwi TV told me to bring a Read more -
Hikianalia Update | Aug 23, 2018: Opala
Hikianalia Update by Hye Jung Kim Aug 23 | AM Update We are sending aloha Read more -
Hikianalia Update | Aug 22, 2018: Mahi Burritos in the North Pacific
Today for breakfast, chef anakala Gary made mahi burritos – his salsa was the BEST! We are very thankful for anakala Gary for finding creative ways to serve the mahi that we caught. -
Hikianalia Update: Mahimahi for Days
A day of mahimahi! We caught a total of four fish today, all of them mahimahi. -
Crew Blog August | Hye Jung Kim: The Gear-Up
Aloha, I’m Hye Jung Kim. For the Alahula Kai o Maleka voyage to California, I’ve Read more -
Hikianalia Update | Aug 20, 2018:
Hikianalia Update by Hye Jung Kim Hikianalia 3 a.m. Update Since our last update, we Read more -
Hikianalia Update | Aug 19, 2018: Mahimahi Catch
Hikianalia Update by Hye Jung Kim Our 6-10 p.m. watch held the Nā Leo heading Read more -
Huakaʻi to Kahoʻolawe
Polynesian Voyaging Society’s Youth Leadership Initiative, Nā Kelamoku, had the opportunity to access Kahoʻolawe with the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana (PKO). -
Hōkūleʻa Update | August 15, 2016
Boston's Charles River restoration resonates with the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage. -
Hōkūleʻa Update | August 11, 2016
Hōkūleʻa is shrouded in thick fog as she voyages to Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. -
Kōkeʻe Area Restoration and Reforestation Project & Meeting the Nā Māhoe ʻOhana
Written by: Baylee Jackson It was about a year and a half ago while sitting Read more -
Upcoming Event: Waimea Valley Oʻahu Native Forest Restoration Project
Celebrate Earth Day with a visit to Waimea Valley on April 30th - volunteers will get in free! -
Crew Blog | Hye Jung Kim: The Worldwide Voyage Reaches South Korea
Ten thousand trees are planted to commemorate the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage, as part of the Propagate Peace project. -
Crew Blog | Hye Jung Kim: Three Paintings of Hope on Minjerribah Island
"ʻFind your roots that ground you down to Mother Earth, cause nobody can take that away from you.ʻ It was truly a special day and I am honored to have been guided by the Quandamooka elders through their lands." -
Hōkūleʻa Update | June 3, 2015
Worldwide Voyage crewmembers participate in a ceremony recognizing the Qundamooka People as the first people of the land.
