Jamaica osorio biography
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Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Background
I am a Kanaka Maoli wahine mākua, artist, activist, scholar, and storyteller born and raised in Pālolo Valley to my parents, Jonathan and Mary Osorio. I earned my PhD in English (Hawaiian literature) in from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where inom currently work as an Associate Professor of Indigenous and Native Hawaiian Politics. In , my poetry and activism were the subject of an award-winning film, This is the Way We Rise, which premiered at Sundance bio Festival in In , I was a lead artist and co-writer of the VR documentary On the Morning You Wake (To the End of the World), which premiered at Sundance Film Festival and won the XR Experience Jury Award at SXSW
I am a proud former Kaiāpuni lärling, Ford Dissertation () and Postdoctoral () Fellow, and a graduate of Kamehameha Schools, Stanford University (BA), and New York University (MA). inom am also the author of the award-winning book Remembering Our Intimacies: Moʻolelo, Al • ARTIST | ACTIVIST | SCHOLAR Dr. Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio is a Kanaka Maoli wahine artist / activist / scholar born and raised in Pālolo Valley to parents Jonathan and Mary Osorio. Jamaica earned her PhD in English (Hawaiian literature) in from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Currently, Jamaica is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous and Native Hawaiian Politics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. In her poetry and activism were the subject of an award-winning film, This is the Way we Rise which premired at Sundance Film Festival in In she was a lead artist and Co-writer of the revolutionary VR Documentary, On the Morning You Wake (To the end of the world), that premiered at Sundance Film Festival and won the XR experience Jury award at SXSW She is a proud past Kaiāpuni student, Ford Dissertation () and Post Doctoral () Fellow, and a graduate of Kamehameha, Stanford University (BA) and New York University (MA). • Dr. Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio is a Kanaka Maoli wahine artist / activist / scholar / storyteller born and raised in Pālolo Valley to parents Jonathan and Mary Osorio. Jamaica earned her PhD in English (Hawaiian literature) in from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Currently, Jamaica is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous and Native Hawaiian Politics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Jamaica is a three-time national poetry champion, poetry mentor and a published author. In her poetry and activism were the subject of an award-winning film, This is the Way we Rise which premired at Sundance Film Festival in In she was a lead artist and Co-writer of the revolutionary VR Documentary JAMAICA HEOLIMELEIKALANI OSORIO
Jamaica Osorio
MA Arts Politics Class of
PhD in English (Hawaiian literature) University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
BA Ethnic Studies & Visual Arts, Brown University