Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Personal information
- Known for
- Acting
- Known credits
- 4
- Gender
- Female
- Place of birth
- Pālolo, Hawaii, USA
- Also known as
- Jamaica Osorio
Biography
Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio is a Kanaka Maoli wahine poet, activist and academic. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous and Native Hawaiian Politics at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Osorio is a three-time national poetry champion, poetry mentor, and a published author. She is a proud past Kaiāpuni student, Ford fellow, and a graduate of Kamehameha, Stanford (BA), and New York University (MA).
