Meet the Westergards

Meet the Westergards

Jimmie and Diana met as students at BYU–Hawai‘i in the fall of 2019. Both were science majors and returned missionaries, and they quickly bonded over their classes and shared love of the gospel. Jimmie served in the Fortaleza Brazil Mission, while Diana served in the California San Fernando and Los Angeles Missions. Their friendship grew, and in July 2020 they were married in the Houston Texas Temple.

Jimmie graduated in 2021 with a degree in Marine Biology and minors in Theater and Education. Since graduating, he has worked as an animal trainer at Sea Life Park and as an educator at Kualoa Ranch, and he currently works as a security guard at Windward Mall. Diana graduated in 2023 with a degree in Molecular Biology and minors in Accounting, Theater, and Spanish. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and recently began teaching genetics at BYU–Hawai‘i. As part of her Ph.D. studies, Diana is researching novel drug therapies for multiple subtypes of breast cancer.

Jimmie and Diana recently purchased their first home, which brought them to the Kāne‘ohe 4th Ward. They have already jumped right into serving, with Jimmie currently serving as our Ward Mission Leader and Diana as one of our Gospel Doctrine teachers. We are grateful to have the Westergards as part of our ward ʻohana and look forward to getting to know them even better!