Kiko Patcho
COMMUNITY OUTREACH MANAGER
Kiko Keahi Patcho is the new Community Outreach Manager for Hui Hoʻoulu Kaiāulu.
Kiko is a pukana (graduate) kaiapuni from Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Ānuenue, where an interest in marketing first started. Kiko also earned a Bachelor’s in Business Marketing and Advertising from Grand Canyon University.
With a passion for sharing Hawaiian and other Polynesian cultures with all people, Kiko helps coach high school volleyball at Farrington High School and occasionally assists in running sound or MCing for parties and events with their dad and uncle. Kiko truly looks forward to meeting and working with each and every one of you.
Anela tolentino
Community Outreach Assistant
Anela was born and raised in the city of Kaimukī, surrounded by music.
She found an increased interest in social media and digital marketing, after growing up in beginning of the digital age, and have always had a connection with the Hawaiian culture and wanted to help amplify their voices. With her interest, she then interned with Mana Maoli in 2019, during her first year of college at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. While interning with the nonprofit, she learned a lot about the Hawaiian culture and people, along with the digital aspects of a company.
Today, she has become a recent graduate from UH Mānoa, earning a Bachelor’s Degree of Arts in Communications and has been with Mana Maoli for almost 4 years, holding the title as Community Outreach Assistant, focusing on the social media and outreach side of the company, while also floating around and doing video and editing work with the Mo’oz.
Pumehana Cannard
Pumehana is a Kanaka/Māori/Chinook musician and healing practitioner based in Los Angeles and has been involved with social justice and youth-based organizations since the age of 15, wearing hats as a curriculum builder, facilitator, digital media manager, and branding consultant. Their passions lie in music, art, community building, and healing through plant medicines and Indigenous lifeways.
Over the past two years, Pumehana has been learning from wonderful healing teachers in Lomi Lomi and Curandera modalities and is eager to continue these practices to offer holistic support to the community.
With roots in Oahu through their father, Pumehana dreams of one day returning to the islands to meet family there.
Jenesus Kahaialiʻi
Jenesus Kahaialii was born and raised in Lahaina, Maui, and is deeply rooted in the rich musical and cultural tapestry of Hawaii. As the youngest of three siblings in a family of talented musicians, Jenesus was immersed in music from an early age. He plays the ukulele, bass, and sings.
Over the past 15+ years, he honed his musical skills in Lahaina’s vibrant music scene, collaborating with diverse artists and exploring various musical styles.
Driven by a profound love for his Hawaiian heritage, Jenesus has always been passionate about amplifying the voices of the next generation.
Kahoʻiwai Arce
Kahoʻiwai was born and raised on Molokai, where they grew up in hālau and danced for many years. They then moved to Hilo to attend college, pursuing a degree in Hawaiian studies with a minor in anthropology.
Kahoʻiwai decided to apply and work for Mana Maoli because we live in a media-filled world. In high school, social media was never offered as a “career path,” but here they are!
Combining their free time activity of scrolling through their phone (obsessing over trends) with working with native Hawaiian-filled communities and schools is a dream job for them. Not to mention, basically being able to work at concerts is definitely a plus!