Thank to great friends and AirMiles I was able to take a long overdue vacation and go to Kauai for five days.
It was such an awe-inspiring trip, not only because of the amazing beaches and lushness of this amazing garden paradise, but due to some of the incredible people I met, including the island’s revered cultural ambassador and internationally known wisdom keeper, Puna Kalama Dawson (Kaipuha’a o Kekauilani Na Pua Hala o Kau’ai) who agreed to travel to Victoria to take part in this April’s www.creativelyunited.org. Check it out!
An Ambassador of Aloha and conscious caring education, Puna is credited with creating a cultural public charter school, Kanuikapono, that supports traditional Hawaiian values of Aloha, indigenous organic gardening for food self sufficiency, as well as lovingly prepares the students for the world of today. Puna is also on the board of Leadership Kauai.
Puna is a direct heir and beneficiary to Queen Kalama who was married to Kamehameha, the Third King of the Hawaiian Islands. Her mother, Elizabeth K. Kalama, also known as “Aunty Nana” is a direct heir to Queen Lili’uokalani who was the reigning Queen before the overthrow of the Hawaiian Islands.
