Born and raised in Luxembourg, Malia was raised bilingually and has enjoyed learning different languages ever since she was little. 

She has lived in Hawaii for 30 years and has been an educator since 2001. Malia has taught French, Spanish, German, and English, and personally continues to study more languages such as Japanese. 

Besides her love of travel, she also enjoys trivia games, reading, and being out in nature in our beautiful islands. Malia believes that teaching a language doesn’t just involve learning vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, but also learning about the traditions and cultures of that language.