[she/her] Alana joined HIPHI in December 2020 and currently assists in creating and disseminating culturally relevant COVID-19 resources to families in Hawaiʻi. She provides weekly COVID-19 newsletters, social media posts, and outreach to community members statewide. She has a bachelors degree in Communications, and her commitment to being a mental health advocate led her to cofound a nonprofit initiating the conversation of suicide prevention and mental health in 2016. Alana spends her free time surfing and enjoying the beautiful hikes on Oʻahu.

Alana Thomas
Public Health Education and Communications Coordinator
(808) 591-6508 ext. 29