Kaonohi Lopes

Kaʻōnohi Lopes, a resident of Pūʻahuʻula, Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu, is the second daughter of Robert Keawe Lopes Jr. and Tracie Kaʻōnohilani Lopes. With the impression of both her parents in learning ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and her education in Hawaiian immersion schooling, she became fluent in the language. In the same manner, the importance of mele and hula was impressed on Kaʻōnohi and her sisters from a very young age. She is an ʻōlapa of Ka Lā ʻŌnohi mai o Haʻehaʻe under the direction of her parents, Tracie and Keawe Lopes. After training for many competitions both as a keiki and wahine, she now holds the prestegious title of Miss Aloha Hula 2024. Kaʻōnohi is a proud graduate of Kamehameha Schools Kapālama class of 2020. After which, Lopes attended the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa where she earned her Bachelorʻs Degree in Hawaiian language under Kawaihuelani: Center for Hawaiian Language in Spring of 2023. She is now a second-year Graduate Student in the Communications Program at UH Mānoa where she will receive her degree in Spring 2025. Lopes is a Graduate Assistant for Hawaiʻinuiākea: School for Hawaiian Knowledge where she tutors Hawaiian language majors and others in the community seeking support in their language learning journey