Dawn E DuensingDawn Duensing lived on Maui for seventeen years, working as an independent historian and historic preservation consultant on projects throughout the islands. She taught history at Maui Community College and spent four summers researching and documentng historic roads for the Historic American Engineering Service, a division of the U.S. National Park Service. In 2004 Duensing received a Historic Hawaiʻi Foundation Preservation Honor Award for her role in helping preserve Maui's Hāna Belt Road. She has served on the Maui County Cultural Resources Commission, the State of Hawaiʻi Historic Places Review Board, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation advisory board. She earned a PhD in history from The Australian National University and is currently based in England. Read More Read Less