meet The Instructor
About Sabrina
Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka has taught high school English to English Language Learners from all over the island for the past eleven years, with an average of 100 students per academic year.
In addition, Sabrina serves as an advisor and lecturer for the Pacific Region PACMED programme at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Sabrina organizes tertiary courses for UH Manoa graduate students in American Samoa, Hawaii, Chuuk, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands in her capacity as PACMED instructor.
sweet success
Sabrina obtained the title of Nobel Educator of Distinction from the National Society of High School Scholars, was inducted into the Phi Lambda Theta Honor Society, and represented American Samoa at the 2019 Young Pacific Leaders programme to further demonstrate her leadership.
Sabrina was a TEDx Speaker at the inaugural Pago Pago event, where her published talk “Be That Person” addressed the need of mentorship for our youth.
Sabrina is also the originator of the 2017-founded community service initiative Finafinau, which focuses on young activism for the environment.
In this role, she works with more than fifty youth each year to organize beach cleanups, tree planting, and school outreach visits in an effort to promote environmental conservation and resilience.
more achievements
- Sabrina was the first American Samoan to receive the US Environmental Protection Agency's Region 9 Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators in April 2020.
- Sabrina was also selected American Samoa's Territorial Teacher of the Year for 2021.
- Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka has been named an EE 30 Under 30 awardee for August 2022, a worldwide award for environmental educators.
- Sabrina received her Associate's degree in Liberal Arts from American Samoa Community College in 2011.
- Sabrina got a Bachelor of Education in Elementary Education in 2014 and a Master of Education in Curriculum Studies in 2016 from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
- Sabrina is currently doing her PhD in Learning Technology and Design at the same university, with an anticipated graduation date of Fall 2022.