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I was surprised to hear about the passing of Emme Tomimbang Burns (“Pioneering journalist Emme Tomimbang Burns remembered as ‘a caring storyteller,’” Star-Advertiser, Feb. 21). She was such an awesome person.
When I was in middle school at Kalakaua, I wanted to be a newscaster because of her. I saw her on television and she was the only Filipina in the field. In fact, I wrote a paper about wanting to be a newscaster. Fast-forward a few years and I saw her speak at Pamantasan, an annual conference for Filipinos in the University of Hawaii System.
I kind of followed in her footsteps by becoming the acting director of the Office of Multicultural Student Services at the University of Hawaii.
Adrialina Guerero
Kaimuki
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