Pua Aquino

Pua Aquino was born in Mākaha and currently resides in Māʻili, Oʻahu, with her boyfriend and kids. She received a Bachelors of Arts in Hawaiian Studies from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 2008. She first developed a love for culturally relevant early childhood curriculum after working at a Hawaiian Immersion preschool for 4 years and has spent the last 13 years working for Ka Paʻalana Homeless Family Education Program, a program of Partners in Development Foundation. She recently started her new role within the foundation as a Cultural Specialist on the Hui Nohona team. In 2015, Pua was blessed with the opportunity to author a children's book through PIDF. ***My Kalo Has Lau, Big and Green***, is her first published children's book. It is written in both Hawaiian and English and teaches the process kalo goes through from growing in a loʻi to being eaten as poi. ([Source](https://uhhilochildrenslitconference.weebly.com/pua-aquino.html))

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