Grateful to the ecosystem of trusted professionals with whom I regularly collaborate with, some since 2011!

As we each grow, we bring each other along and share the fruits of our expansion.

Stephanie Chang, M.A.
Principal and Founder

I was born and raised in East Honolulu, nestled in Maunalua. Nurtured by many, I am called to what excites me, what needs me, and to the deep stirrings of my personal kuleana. I choose to move with community energy and honor community intelligence.

I’m lit up by the creative process, visual excellence, and making meaning. My years as a dancer and my first career in museum education and exhibitions built a solid foundation in project management, creative execution, and leading groups.

This work is really about translation and bridge building. So grateful to learn alongside and from communities of visionaries where we together connect the dots between ‘ike kūpuna and native hawaiian ways of knowing, community-led planning, energy equity, visual design, and natural resource restoration.

A favorite 11 year old in my life describes me as “A tiger chasing a butterfly.” 

Punahou School, 1992
University of Denver, 1996
New York University, 1999 

Communities of Practice:
Energy Equity Hui, 2020 – current
Code for America Community Fellow, 2018
Purple Mai‘a Ka Maka Inana cohort for indigenous design, 2020, 2021
Aloha Response with Pono Shim, 2021
Hawai‘i Public Radio Generation Listen, Founding Member, 2017 – 2021