ʻIokita Putani Taku
DDS, MS – ‘Ofisa Pule Nifo
Ngaahi Lea: Faka-Pilitānia
Naʻe ako ʻa Toketā Yogita Thakur ko ha toketā nifo ʻi ʻInitia ʻi he Kolisi Nifo mo e Falemahaki VYWS (1991-1996). Naʻá ne maʻu ʻene mataʻitohi Masters ʻi he Saienisi ʻi he Moʻui Lelei ʻa e Kakai ʻo e Nifó ʻi he ʻUnivēsiti ʻo ʻAiouā Kolisi Nifó. Naʻá ne fakakakato leva ha fellowship ʻi he ʻUnivēsiti ʻo Kalefōniá, Seni Felenisisikou (UCSF) ʻApiako Nifo ʻo e Ngaahi Senitā ke Fakaleleiʻi ʻa e Ngaahi Faikehekehe ʻi he Moʻui Lelei ʻa e Ngutú pea maʻu ʻene tohi fakamoʻoni ako ʻi he Nifo ʻo e Fānaú ʻi he ʻApiako Nifo ʻo e UCSF pea naʻá ne nofoʻi tefito. Na'a ne hoko foki ko ha tokotaha ako fakafaito'o 'i he 'Apiako 'o e Mo'ui Fakamamani Lahi 'a e UCSF mei he 2008-2010. Ko Dr Thakur ko ha toketā nifo ʻo e fānaú kuo fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe he poaté pea ʻokú ne tauhi ha ngāue nifo ʻoku ngāue mālohi ʻi Ravenswood ʻo sio ki he fānaú mo e kau mahakí ʻoku ʻi ai ʻenau ngaahi fie maʻu makehe ki he moʻuí. Kuó ne maʻu ha ngaahi lakanga fakatakimuʻa ʻo taukaveʻi ʻa e maʻuʻanga tokoni ki he moʻui lelei ʻa e ngutú maʻá e ngaahi fāmili mei he ngaahi komiunitī ʻoku maʻu paʻanga siʻisiʻi ʻa e ngaahi matakali mo e ngaahi matakali tokosiʻí pea mo kinautolu ʻoku ʻi ai ʻenau ngaahi fie maʻu makehe ki he moʻuí. Kuó ne ngāue ʻi he Poate ʻo e San Mateo Head Start pea ko e sea ʻo e Netiueka ʻa e Kau Talēkita Nifo ʻo e Kautaha Tauhi Nifo ʻo Kalefōniá. ʻOkú ne lolotonga hoko ko ha mēmipa poate ʻo e Netiueka Fakafonua ki he Maʻu ʻo e Moʻui Lelei ʻa e Ngutú pea ʻi he Poate Nifo ʻo Kalefōniá. Naʻá ne tataki hono faʻu ʻo e fuofua Palani Fakatuʻupakē ki he Moʻui Lelei ʻa e Ngutú maʻá e Vahefonua San Mateo ʻi he 2015. Ko Toketā Thakur ko ha mēmipa ia ʻo e Kautaha Nifo ʻa Kalefōniá, Kautaha Nifo ʻa ʻAmeliká, ʻAkatemi ʻAmelika ki he Nifo ʻo e Fānaú, mo e Kautaha Nifo ʻo e Fānaú ʻi Kalefōniá. ʻI hono taimi ʻatā, ʻokú ne saiʻia ke lautohi, tunu, lue lalo, mo fiefia ʻi tuʻa.