Shidler alums Kyle Oura (MAcc 2005) and Cindy Chen (BBA 2004) moved to the San Francisco Bay area in 2005 after graduating from UH Manoa.

Kyle is the founder of a senior living company called Vista Living, which has communities in Arizona. He also runs real estate developments and acquisitions on the West Coast. "I spent 2010-2016 developing several apartment buildings, and previous to that, worked in senior living, real estate private equity, and at Deloitte audit," shared Kyle. 

In 2018, Cindy celebrated 10 years in business as the owner of Kisha Studio, a fashion boutique and online store based in San Francisco that is top rated on Yelp. Many of her customers live in Hawai‘i.