Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio

Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio

January 1, 1970 (55 years old) in Pālolo, Hawaii, USA

Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio is a Kanaka Maoli wahine poet, activist and academic. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous and Native Hawaiian Politics at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Osorio is a three-time national poetry champion, poetry mentor, and a published author. She is a proud past Kaiāpuni student, Ford fellow, and a graduate of Kamehameha, Stanford (BA), and New York University (MA).

Known For

This Is the Way We Rise This Is the Way We Rise
IZ IZ
Like a Mighty Wave Like a Mighty Wave
On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World) On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World)

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