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My name is Scott Nalani Kaʻalele and I was born and raised on Oahu, in beautiful Kaneohe on the windward side, and I currently reside in the Hawaiian Homelands division of Papakōlea. As a first generation Native Hawaiian college graduate, I have found that a student-centered pedagogy based in a composition and rhetoric background has allowed me to engage a student population both diverse in age and background. My recent research endeavors consist of popular culture and literary studies, with a focus on comics studies, and a bit of Shakespeare for fun. 

Mason (he/him) is a fourth-year English BA and first-year English MA student with a focus in Cultural Studies in Asia/Pacific. Raised between the rolling hills of Hauʻula and dancing waves of the Pacific, Mason writes of individuals caught between worlds and identities, intersections wrought with both pain and love. In his prospective career as a high school English teacher, he hopes to uplift indigenous communities by building confidence in writers and helping them find their unique voice, especially in creative and advocacy writing.

Nani is a fourth-year English major with an interest in poetry and spoken word. Raised under the Kanikoʻo and ʻĀpuakea rains of Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu, Nani has a love for everything fragrant, rain-related, and dipped in imagery. She is passionate about helping writers cultivate and awaken stories; and often meets her grandmothers whenever she writes. When she is not doing English-major-related-things, she can be found spending time with her sister or baking. Her current projects include banana bread and lilikoi sticky buns.

Hello! My name is Pumehana(she/they) but you can also call me Pume! I am currently in my first year as MA student for English with a concentration in Cultural Studies in Asia/Pacific. I was raised in Kalihi and can often be found lounging around my local Times. I love the intersection of culture and academia and am making it my current mission to break the barriers academia often holds over those not given access to specific learning opportunities. I also love interacting with creative writing: reading, writing, workshopping, all of it!