Member of the following committees:
HRE - Higher Education (Chair)
WTL - Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs (Vice-Chair)
WAM - Ways and Means
- Married, Husband Kyle Michibata
- Son, Matt Akira Michibata
- George Washington University, Washington D.C.
- Bachelor of Arts - Major in International Relations, Minor in Japanese Studies
- James B. Castle High School, (Kane'ohe, Hawai'i)
- Magna Cum Laude Graduate
- Samuel Wilder King Intermediate School
- Kane'ohe Elementary School
- Current Employment:
- Director of Community Relations, Reynolds Recycling
- Past Employment:
- President and Founder, Charitable Ventures, Inc. (CVI)
- Director of Development, National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii
- Executive Aide, Lieutenant Governor Mazie Hirono
Legislative
- Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs (2008)
- Co-Chair, Joint Senate-House Investigative Committee on the Bureau of Conveyances (2007 - 2008)
- Co-Chair, 2007 Women's Legislative Caucus
- Senate Member, Hawai'i 2050 Sustainability Task Force
Community
- Hawai'i P-20 Council
- Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education's Legislative Advisory Committee (present)
- Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education's Veterinary Medicine Advisory Council (present)
- Hawaii Jaycees Three Outstanding Young Persons Honoree (2002)
- Pacific Business News Top 40 Under Forty Awardee (2000)
- Team Hawai'i Manager, U.S. Transplant Games (2004)
- Board Member, State of Hawaii Executive Office on Aging Policy Advisory Board for Elderly Affairs (1998-2004)
- Honolulu Civic Entrepreneur, Pew Civic Entrepreneur Initiative (1998-2000)
- Board Member, Friends of the National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii
- Volunteer, Lanikila Meals on Wheels (2000-present)
- Volunteer Mentor, Koolau Youth Correctional Facility (1999)
- Windward District Advisor, Hawaii State Student Conference (1999)
- Volunteer, 487th Field Artillery Family Awareness Group
Member of the Democratic party