Bio

Hometown:	Hilo, Hawaii
School:	University of Hawai'i at Hilo
Employer:	Palace Theater - http://www . h i l o p a l a c e . c o m

I'm a 24 year old gal, born and raised on the Big Island of Hawai'i, and unfortunately still stuck here. I have about 2 years left of my schooling- I'm a Women's Studies major and Performing Arts (Music) minor. I am hoping to get into the WS Master's program at San Francisco State University, and reside in the Bay Area. Feminism/egalitarianism and music are my biggest passions.
I'm very proud to be 'hapa'- the product of a mixed coupling. My mother is from Redondo Beach, California, and my father from Hilo, Hawaii. I'm Hawaiian, Hispanic, Caucasian and Native American.
I'm a lifelong music obsessive. I own nearly 700 albums total, on CD, LP and cassette.
Some cool music-related things I have done: played a song live on college radio (CSS' "Music is My Hot Hot Sex," long before Apple iTunes was all over it and flogged it to death in that stupid commercial), used My Bloody Valentine's "Soon" extensively in a poetry/performance art presentation for my Creative Writing class, sang "Cloudbusting" by Kate Bush live on stage in a karaoke club in San Francisco, sang "Where is My Mind" by the Pixies with a live band at a party, received a postcard in the mail from Simon Raymonde of Cocteau Twins, chatted on AIM with the guitarist for The Lassie Foundation, corresponded via email with Frank Lenz of Starflyer 59.

http://www.myspace.com/cherdan
http://www.rateyourmusic.com/~ c h e r d a n h e l e n a