Hawaii Storytellers: Undeniably Local

From our Hawaii Storytellers Feb. 21 event: Kuʻu Kauanoe talks about what it’s like being a “local girl,” but not always feeling like one.

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Ku’u Kauanoe is Civil Beat’s digital producer. Born and raised on Oʻahu, she’s spent most of her life on the Westside, graduating from Kapolei High School in 2011 and University of Hawaii-West Oahu in 2016.

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