AAPI

Hey everyone! Allow me to introduce

myself my name is Pauline and I am the owner and mind

behind Program for Intellectual Empowerment 

I was born in Massachusetts and raised in plain ole Bakersfield California. Armpit USA

Growing up I had a cousin with autism. And I used to sit in on his therapist. All the intensive hours of “learning” When he was about 13… someone gave him a marker and his creative side was born.

Fast forward 2-3 years and he’s traveling the world with his art. Suddenly it didn’t matter that he had autism. Suddenly he was being seen as the individual that he is and not his disabilities.

This inspired me…we all have creativity within us. Waiting to be harness and cultivated.

After high school, I started the next part of my journey. I attended CSUB with an art major in mind and then switched sophomore year to child development. God made me realize that I needed to know more To make change.

Shortly thereafter I got my credentials started teaching. After a draining 2nd year of teaching (I took on two teaching position, staffing shortage) it was clear God wanted me in Oregon.

In 2018, the Program for Intellectual Empowerment was born. This was the first step. Bringing to the community something different, a methodology out of neuroscience. To create a movement where every individual is seen as who they are and cultivate a more creative, compassionate, thriving community… to change the world. 

Random facts about Pauline

* I'm a Twin

* I'm allergic to most metal jewelry which is why I love our 3D jewelry.

* I'm the youngest of four

* I am Taiwanese.

*Purple is NOT my fav color.

Lisa Chang started Hula Halau ‘Ohana Holo‘oko‘a (Hula School Where Everyone is Family) with one adult hula class in 1998 when she was asked to teach by the Portland based Nā Hawai‘i club.  In 2006 she gave up her 20-year career as a pharmacist to follow her passion of sharing hula & Tahitian dance with her community.  The school is celebrating 25 years and has grown to over 100 students in 13 classes ranging in age from 3 to 90 years old.  Since the pandemic she now has students across the U.S.  Lisa loves sharing the aloha spirit and the inclusivity you feel when learning about hula and the Hawaiian culture.  She looks forward welcoming students of all ages, genders, nationalities and experience levels to join their hula and Tahitian family.

Lisa has performed professionally since 1989 and helps create Hawaiian cultural events her clients envision.  One of the highlights of her career was taking her dancers to South Korea to perform at the Cheonan World Dance Festival in 2016.  Hula Halau ʻOhana Holoʻokoʻa performs for private, corporate and community events.  Lisa looks forward to bringing a flavor of Hawaiʻi to your next event.