After an exciting launch in 2019, HawaiiKidsCAN and Teach For America Hawaiʻi are excited to announce Spark & Inspire Week, a three-day virtual experience from May 5, 6, 7 where we will host 3 separate 60 minute events with each project getting its own feature night. We have an exciting new format for the pitches, and presenters will be on hand after for a question and answer session with resource experts and audience members.

David Wild, Konawaena High School

David Wild is a 6th year math teacher at his placement school, Konawaena High School in Kona, Hawaii. He is a TFA 2014 corps member and Karuk tribal member. David grew up in San Diego and majored in Mathematics at UC Berkeley. After working in the IT and non-profit sector of the Bay Area and bicycling around the world, he pivoted to work with  youth. He teaches, coaches runners and triathletes, and pursues triathlon as a hobby.

Go Wild Foundation

In hopes of making the Go Wild Foundation a non-profit company, we will celebrate Native youth and their cultural practices. This will be done through leveraging networks to fund an annual scholarship to support Native youth, island-wide.