A conversation with FIlipino-Hawaiian instructor, Kumu J. Hauʻoli Lorenzo-Elarco is a, first and foremost, Hawaiian and Filipino. He was raised by the Kīpuʻupuʻu rains of Waimea, Hawaiʻi but currently resides in Waialua, Oʻahu. He is Instructor of Hawaiian Language at Honolulu Community College. His research interests include Native Hawaiian Intellectual History, Hawaiian Language Newspapers, Hawaiian Literature, and understanding ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi through a Hawaiian Worldview. He is also a committed dog dad to his two spoiled huskies.
