Katrina-Ann R. Kapāʻanaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveira

Katrina-Ann R. Kapāʻanaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveira is a Kanaka scholar. She was born on the island of Oʻahu and raised on the islands of Maui and Oʻahu. She is an associate professor of Hawaiian and the director of Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language within Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She earned dual Bachelor’s degrees in Hawaiian Language and Hawaiian Studies as well as a Master’s and a PhD in Geography.