He keiki noho papa ʻo Kamalani Johnson o ka makani ʻĀhiu o Kahana i hānau a hānai ʻia i loko o ka hoʻoilina palapala moʻolelo a kona mau kūpuna. He hua ʻo ia o ka Pūnana Leo o Koʻolauloa, Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Ānuenue, a puka pono nō i Ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe ʻo Kamehameha ma Kapālama. Ma Hilo nō ʻo ia i hoʻopaʻa ai i kāna mau kēkelē laepua ma ka Haʻawina Hawaiʻi a me ke Kālaiʻōlelo, a pēlā pū kāna kēkelē laeoʻo ma ka Hoʻonaʻauao ʻŌlelo a Moʻomeheu ʻŌiwi me ke kālele ma ka ʻŌlelo a Moʻokalaleo Hawaiʻi ma lalo o Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani. He haumāna laeʻula ʻo ia ma ke Kālaiʻāina ma Ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa e kālele ana ma ke Kālaianiau ʻŌiwi, ka Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi, a me ka Moʻokalaleo Hawaiʻi. ʻO ka moʻolelo o ke kenekulia 19 a 20 ke kahua o kāna mau hana he kumu aʻo ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a moʻokalaleo Hawaiʻi, he kanaka hoʻomohala haʻawina, a luna hoʻoponopono ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi no Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani.
Kamalani Johnson is a generationally-rooted native of Kahana, Oʻahu who has been raised steeped in the literary traditions of his ancestors. He is a product of Pūnana Leo o Koʻolauloa, Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Ānuenue, as well as Kamehameha Schools at Kapālama and holds concurrent BAs in Hawaiian Studies and Linguistics, as well as an MA in Indigenous Language and Culture Education with an emphasis in Hawaiian Language and Literature from Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani. He is currently a Ph.D student in Political Science at UH Mānoa specializing in Indigenous Climatology, Hawaiian Historiography, and Hawaiian Literature. Professionally, he focuses on 19th and 20th century Hawaiian literature as well as ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi instruction as a Hawaiian language and literature instructor, curriculum developer, and editor for Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani.
Kamalani Johnson is a generationally-rooted native of Kahana, Oʻahu who has been raised steeped in the literary traditions of his ancestors. He is a product of Pūnana Leo o Koʻolauloa, Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Ānuenue, as well as Kamehameha Schools at Kapālama and holds concurrent BAs in Hawaiian Studies and Linguistics, as well as an MA in Indigenous Language and Culture Education with an emphasis in Hawaiian Language and Literature from Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani. He is currently a Ph.D student in Political Science at UH Mānoa specializing in Indigenous Climatology, Hawaiian Historiography, and Hawaiian Literature. Professionally, he focuses on 19th and 20th century Hawaiian literature as well as ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi instruction as a Hawaiian language and literature instructor, curriculum developer, and editor for Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani.