Being Local in Hawaii

Part Memoir, part Commentary on Health and Wellness issues and part Commentary on Social Justice Issues that author has been involved in. Author was born and raised in Wahiawa, Hawaii; she has lived in Claremont, California ;Berkeley/Oakland, California; Las Vegas, Nevada. Author is Wellness Advocate with doTerra International.

Julia Estrella (Keiko Matsui Higa) lived through the bombing of Pearl Harbor as an infant, to experiencing institutional racism in school, church, and the larger society. When Julia attended graduate school at University of California Berkeley in the 1960's, she began to find out for the first time the truth about the illegal occupation of Hawaii, the detonation of sixty-seven atomic and nuclear bombs in the Marshall Islands, and the colonization of the Philippines by the U.S. Julia shares the causes that are important to her, from the scariest situations affecting our planet today to her belief in the need to reinvent health care and the signs of hope she sees all around her. Most of all, Julia invites her readers to "talk story" with her--a phrase that means telling our stories (and hearing back from readers) so we can learn from and better understand each other; then we can use the wisdom gained to create more pieces of "paradise on earth."

Julia Keiko Matsui Higa Estrella has lived in Wahiawa, Oahu, Hawai'i as well as Claremont, Oakland, Sacramento, and Berkeley.  She also served as a city planner for the City of Las Vegas.  She is a Japanese/Okinawan-American who has devoted her life to service through participating in various justice movements.  She is a graduate of the Univ. of Hawai'i at Manoa, Clalremont School of Theology and theUniversity of California at Berkeley.   She believes in living a healthy and spirit-filled liefestyle so people can become centenarians and pass their wisdom on to future generations.   Come "talk story" with Julia at:

tristar@hula.net or tristar@hawaiiantel.net    Thank you.