Young Chuukese lawyer Kembo Mida, Jr. to Lead FSM Scholarship Board

Last week, FSM President Manny Mori appointed Mr. Kasio “Kembo” Mida, Jr. to the FSM Scholarship Board. His timely appointment to represent Chuuk State on the 5-member Board comes at a time when there has been a growing dissatisfaction among FSM students with the management of both national and state scholarship awarding procedures. Mr. Mida, [...]

Joyleen Berdon: The Joy of Micronesia in the Big Apple

By Vid Raatior I am thankful to Paul Otoko who first alerted me to the inspiring story of Joyleen Berdon, a young Micronesian who is an up and coming writer, cartoonist, story teller, model, website developer, etc…in my former stomping ground of New York City. While Joy is making a name for herself and ultimately [...]

Keitani Graham: Gold medalist, youth leader

Reflection by Vid Raatior My last memories of Keitani when I finished up my 3-year teaching stint at Xavier High School were of a very smart and active little boy. He lived at home and commuted to school with the  female students a privilege every male senior must have wished they had. But it must [...]

Mary Rose Nakayama: Conservationist extraordinaire

Reflection by Vid Raatior My first experiences of a strong willed and intelligent Mary Rose happened at Xavier High School. At the time I was a Jesuit scholastic teaching religion and mass media courses at Xavier when Mary Rose was going to school. I knew then that she was on the same trajectory of success [...]