Between the Deep Blue Sea and Me

Moana Kawelo, PhD, has a poising career as a museum curator in Los Angeles. The untimely death of her father- and the gravitational pull of Hawai’I when she returns home for his funeral- causes Moana to question her motivations and her glamorous life in California. This is a story of Moana’s struggle to understand her ancestral responsibilities, mend relationships, and find her identity as a Hawaiian in today’s world.