Meet Miss PIFA 2022/23 Mahealani Gutierrez

Alyssa Mahealani Gutierrez is 20 years old, born and raised in San Diego of

Hawaiian descent and former Miss Hui O Hawai’i 2021-2022.

Mahealani, as she prefers, is a student at San Diego State University studying

Psychology and minor in Women's Studies. She has also been a recipient of the

PIFA Undergraduate Scholarship for the past 2 years.

In her free time she dances with Hālau Hula o Kawahinepi’ilani (formerly known

as Jean Kalani Dancers, her Great-Grandmother’s hālau), and has been since the

age of 8 years old.

Mahealani's special project is to bring together the Melanesian, Micronesian,

and Polynesian community leaders for cultural educational workshops and share

their cultural differences.