Whitney Aragaki (she/they) is an educator, parent, and learner from Hilo, Hawaiʻi. They support students to learn through a lens of abundance that honors place, people and cultures. Their teaching focuses around conversations, practices and systems that sustain the intimate inter-relationship of public education, community and environment. They currently serve as a high school science teacher. Aragaki is the 2022 Hawaiʻi State Teacher of the Year and National Teacher of the Year Finalist. They are a National Board Certified Teacher in Adolescence and Young Adulthood Mathematics. They were recently recognized as a 2023 Obama Foundation USA Leader.