Desmon Antone Haumea was born in Hilo and raised in Keaukaha and Puna. He is a member of the Royal Order of Kamehameha, and the Polynesian Voyaging Society, and has journeyed across oceans on the famous deep-sea voyaging canoe, Hōkūleʻa.

As part of the ʻOhana Waʻa, he has helped to educate many of Hawaiʻi’s keiki on the teaching canoe Makaliʻi, Hiapo-o-Ke-Alii-Kai, and Kaihekauila. Kumu Aʻo Haumea has devoted decades to perpetuating Hawaiian cultural practices and sharing those with succeeding generations.

When he is not on the ocean, he serves nā kūpuna as a member of the Hawaiʻi Island Burial Council, and nā ʻōpio as an Educational Specialist with his Waʻa Curriculum at Ka Umeke Kaʻeo, Mt. View Elementary School, and Waldorf Mālamalama.

He is also a Kumu Aʻo at Hālau Mauliola Medical as an Indigenous Traditional Healer, Executive Chef and Cognitive Behavioral Therapist AND has traveled the world sharing his music and plays with the band: BAMBU & He Mea Hou.

He is married to Dr. Stacy Haumea and they both have raised two keiki Kukui & Temoananuiahiva, both attending UH-Hilo.

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