On this episode of Home is Here we “go long” to Mānoa to catch up with Timmy Chang, the new University of Hawai’i Football head coach. We head to Haīku St. in Kāneʻohe where we visit the largest Native Hawaiian nursery in the world, Hui Kū Maoli Ola. On our last stop we travel to Makawao to meet Mitzi Toro, better known as “The Maui Cookie Lady.”

Rick Barboza shows you a few of the Native Hawaiian plants at his nursery, Hui Kū Maoli Ola.

UH Football Head Coach Timmy Chang answers some rapid-fire questions for PBS Hawaiʻi.

Baker and Makawao resident Mitzi Toro, better known as “The Maui Cookie Lady,” tells how she got an endorsement from one of Hollywood's biggest action stars, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

In this month’s episode of Home is Here we’re hoofing it to the windward side of O‘ahu to explore the healing powers of horses. We visit with Nisshodo Candy Store, a small, family-run business open for more than a century. And, we talk story with Dr. Linda Furuto, a mathematics education professor at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and a pioneer in the field of ethnomathematics.

Linda Furuto, Professor of Mathematics Education at UH Mānoa, explains how stars are used to navigate the seas.

In this encore presentation of Home is Here, we take a look at Hawaiian fashion both past and present. We talk to women who are making a mark here and abroad preserving, promoting and pushing homegrown Hawai‘i fashion forward.

Fashion designer Nakeʻu Awai and Marion Jones, founder of The Muʻumuʻu Library, share a dress once owned by Hollywood's first Hawaiian actress, Mamo Clark Rawley.

Kim Ryusaki-Marrero of Lotus and Lime explains how her background in judo inspired their show during New York Fashion Week.

Education, conservation and determination are the underlying themes in this month’s episode of Home is Here. We tag along with dogs searching for the invasive devil weed plant; we learn the history of Bess Press; and we talk with a 14-year-old trying to collect and recycle millions of bottles to raise enough money to provide scholarships for other students who have a dream of attending college, but can’t afford it.