Growing up in southern California, Heather Heleloa didn’t think much about being the only Native Hawaiian in her community.It wasn’t until high school — when she couldn’t find another Hawaiian in a student body of more than 2,000 kids — that she started to feel really out of place.“It was the first time I really realized I was the only real Pacific Islander that I knew outside of my family,” Heleloa says.Heleloa started connecting with Hawaiians in California in her 20s, and now publishes a website that showcases Hawaiian-owned businesses, festivals and other Pacific Islander events on the...…Growing up in southern California, Heather Heleloa didn’t think much about being the only Native Hawaiian in her community.It wasn’t until high school — when she couldn’t find another Hawaiian in a student body of more than 2,000 kids — that she started to feel really out of place.“It was the first time I really realized I was the only real Pacific Islander that I knew outside of my family,” Heleloa says.Heleloa started connecting with Hawaiians in California in her 20s, and now publishes a website that showcases Hawaiian-owned businesses, festivals and other Pacific Islander events on the...WW…