Testimonials

“When the Governor of the State of Hawaii made it a top priority to infuse innovation into the State’s education system using the federal Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funding, a massive statewide project worth millions of dollars had to be launched within a short time. As the project manager charged with creating a competitive process consisting of processing hundreds of applications, an objective screening process, and executing expert judging panels to adjudicate the winning projects with both efficiency and transparency, I had to get it right the first time and needed help fast.

Andrea came highly recommended as someone who could rise to the occasion. She immediately knew what needed to be done and created both the digital infrastructure and project discipline through tracking and monitoring systems to set the project up for success. Because of Andrea’s efforts, the state now has 31 impactful and potentially disruptive public, private and charter innovation projects that are being executed this school year in an effort to change the status quo. Thank you, Andrea.”

"As a new school, Honouliuli Middle School is committed to inviting community members to be the driving force in our decision making process.  Highly skilled in her facilitation skills, Andrea Dias-Machado has been instrumental in helping us establish collaborative partnerships in our School Community Council.  Andrea promotes a safe place that encourages equity of voice, sharing ideas, and strategic planning that upholds our school vision, mission, and Academic Plan.  We look forward to our work with Andrea!”

“I’ve had the pleasure of watching Andrea facilitate small groups to very large community forums and have been impressed at both levels. She is able to connect and understand people and groups in ways that makes people feel at ease and ready to participate. Andrea is a go-getter and gets things done while also listening and understanding the needs of that particular groups’ needs. I’ve witnessed Andrea take projects that were not fully fleshed out to having valuable recommendations and a strategy in place. An independent thinker and worker, Andrea is highly responsible, an effective communicator and brings many valuable skills to the table. Mahalo Andrea!”

Huliau Aloha provided a pathway for our organization in how we engaged our partners by setting intentions and actions that were grounded in a cultural framework. All the activities conducted with Huliau Aloha supported the goals and mission of our organization and it was amazing to see it used in action and incorporated into our final product that was shared with communities.