Mariamena Morisa's family started selling candy leis in Anchorage in 2001. Since then a competitive candy lei cottage industry has sprung up, with customers all over the state. Sisters Evangeline and ...
Mariamena Morisa grew up in Hawaii. She and her family moved to Alaska in the late ‘90s. At her high school graduation, her mom walked in carrying leis made out of saran wrap and ribbon with candy ...
Sisters Evangeline (left) and Maria Morisa run Morisa’s Candy Leis of Alaska in Anchorage. (Photo by Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) Mariamena Morisa grew up in Hawaii. She and her family moved to ...