Welina mai me ke aloha nui,  ʻO au ʻo Nālei Martin-Young.  Noho pū au me kaʻu ʻohana ma ʻŌlaʻa, ka ʻāina kaulana i ke kumu ʻōhiʻa.  ʻEkolu a māua ʻo kaʻu kāne mau keiki.  He ʻohana mākou na ka Pūnana Leo o Hilo a me Nāwahī.  ʻO au ke kumu ʻuo mamo o ka papa 8 ʻulaʻula.  Aʻo au i ka papa ʻepekema i nā pae papa 8, 9, me ka 10.  He pōmaikaʻi nō kaʻu hana ʻana ma kēia kula nei, kahi i kūpaʻa ai ma ka ʻike kuʻuna a me ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi.  No ʻaneʻi ko kākou ola.

My name is Nālei Martin-Young.  I live with my family in ʻŌlaʻa, a place reknown for its ʻōhiʻa trees.  My husband and I have three children.  We are a Pūnana Leo O Hilo and Nāwahī family. I am the kumu ʻuo mamo for papa 8 ʻulaʻula.  I teach science to grades 8, 9, and 10.  It is truly a blessing to work at our school, one that honors the traditional knowledge and language of our kūpuna.  No ʻaneʻi ko kākou ola.