"Unassuming" is a word used a lot to describe Wayne, but at the end of the day, the affect that he has on the people around him is undeniable.

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Born and raised on the island of O'ahu, Wayne never knew how important his story could be to others: born the eldest of 5 to stern parents who expected results without the praise, the Eagle Scout and spent two years as a  Vietnamese-speaking missionart before completing two Bachelor degrees in Economics and Computer Science at Vassar, where being Mormon wasn't exactly fashionable.

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Even pursuing acting would take a while. A high school math teacher at his alma mater, Wayne concurrently worked in collegiate sports administration, which included a seat on the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee, a national position that enabled him to serve those athletes and coaches that looked like him.

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Those years would also be formative, steeling him a with a better sense of his identity, imbuing him with the pride and responsibility to his people in Hawai‘i, especially his Grandma, a poor indigenous woman who married a white-passing Maui-born and was forced to sit in the back of the bus in the Jim Crow South where her husband was stationed.

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Wayne's lens is one he wants the world to see through.