Zelia Wills

Empowers at-risk families by providing home-based education, connecting them to vital community resources (like food, housing, WIC), facilitating parent-child interaction activities, teaching life skills (literacy, job prep), and building family capacity to achieve self-sufficiency, acting as a supportive guide to help "salt and light" shine for the whole family.

Help job seekers find employment by providing personalized coaching, creating action plans, offering job readiness training (resumes, interviews), connecting them to resources, developing employer partnerships for job placement, and offering post-hire support for long-term success, aiming to build skills and self-sufficiency for diverse individuals, including those impacted by crises like the Maui wildfires.

Attending community meetins, keeping notes, imputing data with the Hawaiian Registry, assist in creating grants with team, provided direct support and information to Native Hawaiian beneficiaries, connecting them to OHA's various programs like cultural, educational or financial aid by answering questions offering guidance and referring them to appropriate services, essentially helping them to access benefits and resources to improve their well-beingand maintain the Hawaiian Culture