Today's Guest Speakers
Tatiana Tseu Fox Tati Fox is the Director of the ʻ Ōiwi Leadership Institute at Kamehameha Schools. She is a kupa of Honouliuli in ‘Ewa on O‘ahu, mother, teacher, and kumu hula, and her ‘ohana have been cultural practitioners serving the lāhui for many years. She is an advocate for diversifying educational opportunities for the youth
of Hawai ʻ i, with over 15 years of work-related experience in designing and implementing educational programs for keiki to kūpuna both in formal school settings and community networks, half of which she has held positions of leadership and management. She holds a Bachelor ʻ s degree in Hawaiian Studies, an MEd in Curriculum Studies, and an MEd in Education Foundations Private School Leadership from the University of Hawai ʻ i at Mānoa.
Kaulana Vares Kaulana best describes himself as a, “father, farmer, and fire fighter.” A former educational assistant with the University of Hawai ʻ i at Mānoa, Kaulana facilitated groups visiting and learning at Ka Papa Lo ʻ i o Kānewai, working with a wide range of community and university members, ranging in age from toddler to elders to develop an understanding of Hawaiian water resource management and the identification and application of Hawaiian Kalo varieties. His teaching journey also took him to Kamehameha Schools Kapālama where he
served as an Cultural Specialist managing a farm to table program at the Ka ʻ iwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center, building students relationship to ʻ āina thru the preparation of Hawaiian food and instilling cultural values by turning hands down into the soil. Kaulana is an accomplished hula dancer with Hālau Nā Kamalei o Līlīlehua for 21 years. He has proudly served with the Honolulu Fire Department for the last six years. He and his wife Kanoe lovingly and proudly raise their three keiki here in Ko ʻ olaupoko, O ʻ ahu.
Aunty Emalia Keohokalole Emalia was born in Hawai ʻ i to Hawaiian-speaking parents, raised in Hawaiian traditions by grandparents whose only language was Hawaiian and grew up hearing it spoken everyday. She is a musician, researcher, and a retired lecturer and tutor of the Hawaiian language at Windward Community College, UH. She is a graduate of the University of Hawai ʻ i at Mānoa in Linguistics and holds a graduate degree in Second Language Studies & Teaching Theory with a focus on the Hawaiian Language. In
retirement she continues to co-teach an intermediate Hawaiian language class on Zoom and two other adult classes. Her family has been participating in the reburial and reinterment of Native Hawaiian ancestral remains on O ʻ ahu, Maui, and Hawai ʻ i island since 1990.
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