Education is an interesting arena as far as gender. In Hawaii, unlike many other places and occupations, there is equity in pay in Hawaii public education regardless of gender. Men and women work in education pretty much on an equal basis. (On the Mainland you do however, find more males in administrative and superintendent roles. Not so much here.) As far as ethnicity, they both have asian surnames but since there were no photos, it's difficult to make a judgement. At any rate, that my be a positive working in this state but once again, it shouldn't matter much. I'm caucasian and in three decades with both C&C and HIDOE, I never experienced any differential in how I was treated. That's just me, other people's stories may be different.