INhonolulu Magazine Issue #16 - April 2014 | Page 10

From page 9
which mean a lot to me: supporting local creation, inspiring each
other and helping to make the
world beautiful.”
It’s a far cry from the business
he trained for. Before 2010, Hill
was enrolled in the MBA program
at the Shidler Business School at
the University of Hawai‘i. He spent
a year in Hawai‘i learning international business and Chinese, then a
year studying at Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou and working
at the U.S. consulate in Shanghai.
The plan was for him to stay there,
living and working in China.
After graduating the program,
something felt off for Hill, who
took a few weeks backpacking and
soul-searching through Nepal and
the Himalayas. When he descended