Kevin Chang is from Kahalu’u, O’ahu, Hawai’i and serves as the Executive Director of Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA) a capacity building and network facilitation and mobilization mechanism founded by and for rural Native Hawaiian community-driven biocultural resource management initiatives. Kevin is of Chinese, Irish and other ancestry and grew up at the convergence of urban and rural life in O’ahu, Hawai’i. He spent the last few decades working on the social, cultural, and environmental justice issues of his community on land and in the ocean, both locally and internationally. He is also an attorney who has worked in litigation, entertainment law, and business. He is married to Alma Siria Vega de Chang of ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico, and is the lead singer and songwriter of the band Kupaʻāina (citizen of the land).