Kākau Uhi

Program Lead

Kalehua Krug, PhD

Kalehua Krug is proudly from the Waiʻanae Coast on the island of Oʻahu. His ʻohana has lived in Nānākuli for generations. He currently resides in Lualualei with his three keiki who have been raised with ‘ōlelo Hawai’i as the primary language spoken at home. He has worked as a Kaiapuni Hawaiian Language Immersion teacher, a Hawaiian Language Teacher Educator at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and transitioned to become the administrator of the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program of the Department of Education in 2014. In 2019, Kalehua became the Principal of Ka Waihona o ka Naʻauao Public Charter School. He studies indigenous philosophy and worldview and utilizes Hawaiian cultural traditions and ceremonies as a mechanism to build a more sustainable future for our children and our environment. He has been engaged in traditional Hawaiian tattooing, Kākau Uhi Hawaiʻi, for over 20 years and is also a Hawaiian musician and composer.