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Neil Poʻokela Ordinario (ʻo ia/he/they/hammah)

Library Technology Coordinator
San Jose State University

Neil Poʻokela Ordinario is the Library Technology Coordinator at San José State University’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. He is a diasporic Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Ilokano and haole settler on the lands of the Muwekma Ohlone people in the San Francisco Bay Area. No nā alahele na Kaʻahupāhau. No nā mamo o Kalihi. He is from the trails of Kaʻahupāhau (Puʻuloa). He is from the descendants of Kalihi Valley. He is the grandchild of sugar plantation laborers. He received a Master of Library and Information Science from the San José State University iSchool focusing on library technology within collection development and diversity, equity & inclusion. He is an Executive Board Member-at-large for the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association. He is a loud voice for Kānaka rights, especially on and for the diaspora.

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