With over 20 years of experience in the education field, Mrs. Chang has taught preschool through college at various places around the United States, including Hale Kula Elementary, Christa McAuliffe Academy, Maui Ocean Academy, Brigham Young University–Hawai'i, and Bright Beginning Learning Center. She enjoys the academic pursuit of helping students build important lifelong skills in reading and writing as well as the fitness pursuit of training athletes in competitive swimming. As a coach, she has trained hundreds of swimmers in the Ko‘olauloa area of O‘ahu. She believes that building a strong foundation is important for success in both academics and athletics. In her free time, Mrs. Chang loves swimming in the aqua blue ocean, wandering around planet earth on a sailboat, and reading books that encourage her deep belief in God. She is excited to work with many of APIS’s students.

Mr. Beatty received his bachelor’s degree in Social Studies Education from Eastern Michigan University with concentrations in history, geography, economics, and political science. Before joining APIS, he taught middle school social studies in Michigan, emphasizing inquiry-based learning, student-led exploration, and global citizenship. He designed an original elective that challenged students to analyze cultural and historical themes through interactive, hands-on experiences.
Raised in Michigan, Mr. Beatty has traveled extensively across the United States and throughout Europe. These experiences continue to shape his passion for connecting students within the global community. He supports his students not only in developing historical thinking skills but also in building confidence, independence, and empathy. Outside the classroom, he enjoys hiking, traveling, playing sports, and reading. He is excited to contribute to the APIS community and grow alongside his students.

Pastor Garrett was born and raised on the North Shore of Oahu, and graduated from Kahuku High School in 2001. He became a Christian right before graduating, and this created an insatiable desire to study all things theology. This led him to a small Bible College which was formerly in Murrieta California, including one semester abroad in Peru.
Since then he returned to Peru to serve the people and Bible College there, came back to Hawaii for further schooling, and went on (via online classes) to get an M. Div from a small Seminary which also was in California. During most of this schooling He served as a small church in Wahiawa that he helped to pastor for ten years, and then started a church on the eastside which meets at APIS called the Refuge Church Koolauloa of which he has been the lead Pastor for the last 5 years.
Pastor G is constantly learning and taking other courses for self-improvement as well. This even led to his passion for videography and photography. He has taken various courses on these subjects and has dabbled in wedding films, and photography, as well as family photography, water photography, school portraits, and aerial photography.
Pastor Garrett is married to Sara and they have four children that he loves to spend time with at the beach, play board games with, and watch the cinematic masterpieces of the 80’s. And he loves surfing with his kids.

Ms. De Boer graduated from Liberty University with a bachelor’s degree is Business Administration with a cognate in Human Resources Management. While at university, Ms. De Boer gained experience in Human Resources and Project Management, balancing two seasonal jobs throughout the four years. While also working, she volunteered as a Resident Shepherd and Commuter Shepherd, ministering to the students on her hall as well as the students off campus, forming deep, faith-based relationships, encouraging community and spiritual growth for her peers. On her summers off, Ms. De Boer served as a camp counselor at Camp Homelani in Waialua, HI. Her summers here fostered her passions for children’s ministry, being a strong Christ like example of faith for them and encouraging their own spiritual growth. Ms. De Boer is excited to combine her administrative knowledge and love for student ministry here as APIS is looking forward to following the Lords calling for her life. She believes that a strong Christian community allows for people to grow and flourish into the person the Lord has called them to be. In her free time, she loves to adventure outdoors, especially hike, surf play spikeball and pickle ball, and she loves to travel to new places around the world!