Heal. Surf.
Aloha.

Dustin Tester is a lifelong adventurer and entrepreneur with over 25 years in business and recipient of two small business awards from the Maui Chamber of Commerce. A native of Maui and a seasoned multi-sport water athlete, she holds a bachelor's degree in Adventure Education from Prescott College and has extensive experience with the Voyager Outward Bound School and experiential education programs in California.

As founder of Maui Surfer Girls in 2001 — celebrated for 25 years last summer — Dustin spent two decades watching the ocean transform young women's lives. In 2023 she founded Mana O Maui to go further, weaving together surf therapy, Hawaiian cultural education, and adventure learning into programs that meet young people where they are. Her expertise in surf therapy and deep connection to the land and ocean are central to everything MOM delivers.

Passing her blessings forward to the next generation is her mission.

Julia Hengst, LMFT has been practicing as a psychotherapist for over 10 years in Berkeley, CA and Maui. With a background in Media Studies, Buddhist Psychology, and Shamanic Counseling, she brings a fresh approach to self healing using concepts from various wisdom cultures around the world.

Julia has studied with many Tibetan Buddhist teachers in the lineage of the Dalai Lama for over 25 years, and with female shamanic practitioners Suu Feathers and Dr. Isa Gucciardi. An avid surfer, traveler, and word nerd, she is also working on a series of books for kids and teens that will introduce them to shamanic healing and positive psychology via the magical world of mermaids.

Alissa Magrum is a lifelong believer in being involved in things that make a profound difference in the world — and if it involves water as a healing tool, she is all in. Her introduction to Maui and the Aloha spirit came in 2015 when she participated in her first XTERRA World Championships in Kapalua. She was overwhelmed by the beauty and kindness of Maui and has wanted to give back to the community ever since.

Alissa holds a Master's degree in Organizational Leadership and Ethics and brings over 25 years of experience in nonprofit management to the Mana O Maui Board of Directors. She uses her expertise every day in her work with nonprofits, businesses, and individuals and is excited to help launch MOM into its next chapter.

Dr. Megan McClelland is the Katherine E. Smith Professor of Healthy Children and Families at Oregon State University, where she serves as Endowed Director at the Hallie E. Ford Center for Healthy Children and Families. Her research focuses on optimizing children's development, especially as it relates to children's self-regulation and school success.

Her recent work has examined links between self-regulation and long-term outcomes from early childhood to adulthood, advances in measuring self-regulation, and intervention efforts to improve these skills in young children. She works with colleagues and collaborators around the world to develop measures of self-regulation and improve school success. She is also leading a new center to better support early childhood educators in Oregon and a center to promote children's environmental health.

Born and raised on Maui with a large family there, Dr. McClelland brings both personal connection and world-class research expertise to the MOM board.

Celine Adair's compass has always pointed toward her two favorite things: people and nature. She has worked as a professional backpacking and river guide, surf instructor, rock climber, counselor, therapist, and clinical supervisor.

In 2009 she and her husband founded Education Without Walls to provide free adventure education and mentorship to teens living in chronic poverty. Together they also founded The National Center for Outdoor and Adventure Education (NCOAE), which offers medical trainings and outdoor and adventure education to teens and adults.

Born and raised in Brewster, NY, Celine majored in wilderness therapy and marriage and family therapy, receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Prescott College in 1999 and a Master's degree in marriage and family therapy from Argosy University in 2005. Her people and the natural landscape are still her true north.

Bio coming soon.