Ka’iu Kimura is the Executive Director of the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai’i where she played an integral role in developing the mission of the Center as well as cultivating and advocating for community engagement in the continuance of astronomical research while ensuring the integrity and integration of the host culture.

Ka’iu Kimura is a graduate of the Kamehameha Schools class of 1996 and went on to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo (UHH) in Hawaiian Language and Literature. She is currently a PhD candidate in the Indigenous Language Revitalizaton program of the College of Hawaiian Language at UHH. While at UHH, she participated in the first UHH student exchange program with the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand where she spent a semester studying Maori language and culture.