Annemarie Paikai serves as the Hawaiʻi – Pacific Resource Librarian at Leeward Community College.  She has a BA in Hawaiian Studies from Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, and an MLIS from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.  She currently resides in Waiau, Oʻahu.