University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo undergraduate and Puna resident Lexy Kaye Ramos was selected for Campus Compact’s 2026–27 Newman Civic Fellowship.
The national fellowship honors and supports student public problem solvers who demonstrate exceptional potential for civic leadership and community engagement.
“I don’t fit the traditional image of a leader,” said Ramos in a university release, “but my commitment to my community has driven meaningful change.”
Ramos was born into poverty in a rural barangay in the Philippines before immigrating with her parents to Hawaiʻi Island while she was in middle school…