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Ka’imi Namaielua Kaupiko is a keiki o ka ‘aina of Milolii. A child of the land, Ka’imi grew up learning the traditional fish practices of Milolii. Milolii remains one of Hawaii’s last fishing villages, an isolated community that survives through subsistence fishing. For Ka’imi his foundation has always been built on education and culture. Mr. Kaupiko grew up learning from his kupuna about the value of hard work and about the need to take care of this place. Ka’imi attended Ho’okena Elementary and graduated from Konawaena high school, class of 2001. He then attended UH Manoa and received a Bachelor’s in Business focusing on Marketing and Management Information Systems, he received an MBA IN 2013 from Wayland Baptist University and finally received his teaching certificate from Kaho’iwai in secondary education with a focus in Social Studies in 2016. He has been working with Kua o ka La since 2012, as a volunteer for the online program called Hipu’u and an online teacher since 2016. Ka’imi’s true passion is to help provide a space for the future generations of his community and to the rural areas of Hawaii island. For Ka’imi the work for the future is never-ending, as he continues to put his resources towards those efforts, he knows that tomorrow will be better than today if we work together to make our communities a better place.