Miki Tomita

Born and raised on Maui, Miki graduated from HP Baldwin High School, then completed a BSE in Biosystems Engineering at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and a Ph.D. in education at Stanford University. She has worked in education for almost 20 years as a teacher, administrator, curriculum developer, and researcher. Her work is anchored at the intersections of education and innovation, with a focus on place-based, community-driven collaborative education that puts youth at the center of transforming society’s challenges into opportunities for learning and invention. Miki is the Program Director for Education Incubator’s Moonshot Laboratory Hawaiʻi program.