​​Tatum joined the PaCoN program to pursue higher education, and expanding her student and professional network within biosecurity. Passionate about conserving and perpetuating Hawai’i’s landscapes as I come from Puna on the Big island. 

 

As a student she's become more and more aware of the pressing need for biocontrol of infiltrating pathogens and invasive species that are threatening Hawaii's native forest species, and agricultural spaces. So she hopes that as a biological engineering major, she can perpetuate our native agroecological systems.