Jojo lived and studied in Hawai‘i for five years in the 1990s. After earning a double Master degree he returned home to Micronesia and worked at the College of Micronesia–FSM at the Chuuk Campus for 15 years before returning to Hawai‘i in 2011. He recently completed a doctorate degree in Special Education at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa focusing on immigrant families of children with special needs in Hawai‘i. He is a certified assister for the Hawai‘i Health Connector. With fellow community advocates, he co-founded COFA Community & Advocacy Network (COFA-CAN), a community advocacy network that provides awareness and support for crucial legislative and legal initiatives that affects the lives of the Freely Associated States (FAS) citizens living in Hawai‘i and the United States. Mr. Peter is a native of Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesian (FSM) and speaks Chuukese and English fluently.
Profile
Position: Healthcare Assister, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii
Organization: St. Elizabeth Episcopal Church
Contact: joakim@hawaii.edu
Website: https://www.facebook.com/joakim.j.peter
Areas of Focus
- Arts, Culture, Humanities
- Children, Youth and Families
- Economic and Community Development
- Education
- Healthcare
- Immigrant Rights
- Social Services
Language
- Chuukese