Kuʻualohanui Kauliʻa is originally from Hawaiian Homestead Lands in Nānākuli, Oʻahu. However, currently Kuʻualoha resides on Maui. He is a kumu hula, haku mele, haku hoʻoponopono, and alakaʻi nui. Kuʻualoha recently retired from Kamehameha Schools as an Education Officer and Cultural Specialist having taught Hawaiian language, chant and dance, and facilitated in-house cultural training as a protocol officer for KS Maui Campus. During his years at KS, he was instrumental in assisting with developing programs created for both teachers and administrators statewide in the Department of Education. In 2007, a partnership between KS and the DOE began where Kuʻualohaʻs skill sets as a former classroom teacher and community coordinator assisted in the building and bridging of ʻike pilina (relationship building), ʻike honua (acknowledging oneʻs sense of place), and ʻike pīkoʻu (strengthening oneʻs own knowledge base). Although currently retired, Kuʻualoha continues to teach and share various areas of ʻIke Kūpuna Hawaiʻi via in-person and via an on-line cohort as time allows in his schedule.