Aloha! My name is Haley and I have called Hawaiʻi home for the past 14 years. I originally came to Hawaii to attend HPU and study Teaching English as a Second Language, with the goal of using my degree out on the mission field. Plot twist: I still have not used the degree. Apparently, God had a different plan—and I’m learning to be okay with the fact that sometimes the preparation looks nothing like the purpose.

One Love has been my church home since 2014 and I actually worked here from 2015-2020 doing stints as youth admin, office admin, and then finally media admin. In March of 2020, I left One Love to pursue my love of event coordinating. Joke is on me; a pandemic shut down the event realm real quickly. After 6 years of working at a grocery store, Dave and Buster’s, doing real estate transaction management, driving Instacart orders, and becoming a licensed real estate agent myself, I am finally back! And doing what I love: planning events!

In November 2025, I planned my most meaningful event to date: my wedding! Ryan and I are enjoying married life with our fur child, Charles, who is unquestionably the most spoiled member of our household. Together, we love exploring the island, finding new places to eat, and pretending that every hike is going to be a “quick and easy” one.

When I’m not working, you can usually find me on a remote peak of the Koolau Mountains, hunting down the best burgers on the island, or conducting extremely important research into Hawaiʻi’s latte scene.