Pua Souza

Pua is from Honomakaʻu, Kohala and is currently pursuing a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She is a graduate of Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, where she received her Bachelor's degree in Hawaiian Studies. Pua also holds a Master's degree in Social Work from Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work. Her research focuses on centering conceptualizations of ʻŌiwi relationality and positionality within the context of ʻŌiwi agency as a means to assert instructional philosophies that promote practices of aloha ʻāina and relational well-being.