Work Shoe Hawaii

While there, I sold shoes as a part-time sales associate for Nordstrom, and that was my start in the footwear industry. By the time I graduated, my immediate family had all moved to various places on the mainland. With no home to return to in Hawaii, I continued to work for Nordstrom in Washington, saved money and came back to the islands in 1984.

Upon returning, I worked for a brief time as a flight attendant and eventually gravitated back into the footwear industry. Liberty House hired me and I worked in the shoe department as a salesperson, manager and buyer. I moved over to the wholesale side of the business three years later. This was 1989.