Aloha! My name is Lisa Mason and I am from Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu, Hilo Palikū, and currently reside in Waikahekahe, Puna. My connections to honua have always been strongly influenced by my family and the places we have shared. Being from these islands I am continuously growing in my sense of place and curiosity about our world, and my understanding of responsibility to do pono science here in Hawaiʻi. My interests broadly encompass ʻāina and community-based STEM education, conservation of Hawaiian ecosystems, avian ecology, and bioacoustic research. From 2011-2019 I worked as a science teacher and environmental educator for both public and private K-12 schools in East Hawaiʻi. This year with TCBES, I am developing my thesis project, which builds on a recent Kauaʻi study of cultural evolution in the last 50 years in several native Hawaiian bird populations (Paxton et al. 2019). My study will take place on Hawaiʻi island using song recordings, from as early as the 1970s, to detect possible changes in comparative characteristics of birdsongs from diminishing populations of endemic birds. Few studies have been done in Hawaiʻi based on such long temporal scales. Hopefully, my project will better inform our understanding of the current state of these endemic birds and reinforce more comprehensive management strategies for conservation. Additionally, I love to travel and see new places and visit old friends. I also enjoy hula, forest hikes, playing board games, fresh squeezed lime margaritas, watching painting tutorials on YouTube, and ocean-ing with my husband Josh and dog nūnū.