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Hello and welcome to For the Wild Podcast. I'm Ayanna Young. Today I'm speaking with Dr. Jamaica.

Our stories go back to darkness. We are much, much older, much, much more sophisticated than

the strange society we live in. And the only way we get to live in that beauty again is if we have

the courage to see beyond now. If we have the faith in the teachings of our ancestors to see beyond

and create beyond now. Dr. Jamaica, Hayoli, Malakalania, Zorio, is a Kanaka,

Meoli, Wahine, artist, activist, scholar, born and raised in Palola, Oahu. Hayoli earned her PhD

in English, Hawaiian literature, in 2018, from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Currently,

Hayoli is an assistant professor of indigenous and native Hawaiian politics at the University of

Hawaii at Manoa. Hayoli is a three-time national poetry champion, poetry mentor and a published author.

She is a proud past Kaipuni student, Ford Fellow, and a graduate of Kamehameha, Stanford University,

BA, and New York University, MA. Her book, Remembering Our Intimacies, Mo Olilo, Aloha Aina,

and EA was published this fall with University of Minnesota Press.

Well, Jamaica, thank you so much for joining us today. I would just really love for you to

introduce yourself a bit further, however you see fit, or perhaps share a poem if you feel

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