Jake is a Software Engineer major at Drexel University and a Web Developer intern at Gum Design LLC. When he is not studying in Philadelphia or building websites for companies in Hilo, he is a three-year seller on eBay, high school tutor, inventor, entrepreneur, problem solver, programmer, basketball player, free-diver/spear-fisher and an older brother, just to name a few. Since the COVID crisis, Jake has been actively helping schools and organizations transition virtually by leading and managing a NexTech Hawaiʻi virtual camp, participating in virtual discussions with principals and teachers and coming up with solutions for a range of engineering and software problems.
For the Keiki Heroes project, Jake supports content design, website and app development, and the social media campaign while collaborating with local schools.