With the love for her people and serving others, Alaina has held a deep passion for the restoration of justice and balance. She is grateful for the guidance that she has received from loved ones, and continues to be inspired by her family, those of her communities, and all that surrounds the lands of Mother and Brother Earth.

Alaina attended the University of San Francisco, where she received her BA in Critical Diversity Studies and Sociology in Spring 2019. She then decided to continue her studies with USF as a masters student in the International and Multicultural Education program. Her research has surrounded Native Pacific Islander student activism on college campuses across the Bay Area, in addition to embodied knowledges and its relations to mixed identities.