UH President Wendy Hensel recently appointed Carlos Peñaloza, chancellor of Leeward Community College, to also serve as interim chancellor of UH West Oʻahu. University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu puts its values into practice, ensuring equity work is lived, not just studied. Pictured is the UH West Oʻahu Campbell Library. In Hawaiʻi, health inequities are rooted in colonialism, yet the islands also resist through education. At UH West Oʻahu, that resistance takes shape in classrooms where faculty and students work side by side to address inequities, strengthen communities, and honor Indigenous values.