Pua's Journey of Wholeness Pua bounced between foster homes and residential treatment centers throughout his teenage years. Despite these challenges, he still graduated high school and dreamed of becoming a paramedic or a cook. Pua tried to make a life for himself. He moved to Arizona and started working in food services, where he was introduced to marijuana and quickly became addicted. Still, he did well at work, and when he was 22, he met and married his first wife. Though their marriage wasn’t perfect, he did his best to be a good husband, not making the same mistakes as his father. However, in the end, he only had a short time with her. After just two years of marriage, his wife passed away from hemolytic anemia on May 7th, 2013.