Sharyn Asuao:  

Life's road can take you on some twisty paths that you initially never imagined for yourself. I graduated with honors in Accounting and was even offered a job upon graduation, but upon my Parents' wishes, I went onto college to major in Accounting at the Church College of Hawaii in Laie. I was doing well, but was smitten with the desire to preach the Gospel; and served an 18 month mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Upon returning to College, I made an adjustment to my major and graduated in Secretarial Science with an emphasis in Office Management. During my last semester, I was hired to be the Student Body Secretary and upon graduation, was hired to be the Personnel Secretary for the Polynesian Cultural Center; where I met my Husband. I was then asked to transfer to be the Admissions Secretary for Brigham Young University in Hawaii. In the 80's. after being blessed with two (2) boys, we decided to transplant our young family to Samoa so that we could connect with my Husband's roots. All my children were raised there as we lived in both, Samoa and American Samoa. I experience cultural schock as I was transported back almost a whole generation in technology, however, I am eternally grateful for the values the culture had to offer my children and would do the same, again. I was a Teacher in both places and experienced the joy of touching the lives of children and seeing them mak...Expand for more