Gina Karas

Student Support Counselor, Class of 2022, Special Projects

Prior to joining Kapälama’s counseling staff, Gina was a counselor with the Kamehameha Scholars program. She is a born and bred Windward O‘ahu girl and currently resides in Kahalu‘u with her husband and a menagerie of animals. When she has spare time-which is rare, she enjoys reading, sewing quilts, doing home improvement projects with her husband, and making her grandson, Könane, laugh.

Alma Mater: Kamehameha Schools, Chaminade University, and Creighton University, Nebraska

Degrees: BA in Business Administration-Marketing, MS in School Counseling and Preventive Mental

Favorite Quote: “He lei poina ‘ole ke keiki.” (A beloved child is a lei never forgotten.)