Kūhiō Fellows

Noah Kaloeaholokai Lum

Office of Senator Ted Cruz (TX)
Home State: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
School: University of Washington
Degree: Political Science, Minor Oceania/Pacific Islander Studies and LSJ (Laws, Society, and Justice) and International Studies
(BA ‘26)

Kaloeaholokai (Noah) Lum is from ʻAiea, Hawaiʻi, and spent his teenage years in Camas, Washington. He is a recent graduate of the University of Washington (UW), where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with minors in Pacific Islander Studies, Laws, Societies and Justice (LSJ), and International Studies.

During his time at UW, he focused on serving and uplifting Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other Native and Indigenous groups on campus. In addition to his studies, Kaloeaholokai served as a student ambassador in UW’s Multicultural Outreach and Recruitment Program. In this role, he was responsible for reaching out to high school students from Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Native American, and other underrepresented backgrounds, encouraging them to pursue higher education and serving as a mentor throughout the process.

Both in and out of the classroom, Kaloeaholokai’s dedication to the betterment of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities has taken him beyond the classroom. As a student, he was involved in Pacific Islander Research Family, a program focused on Pacific Islanders working together in academia, professional development, and the Burke Museum’s Pacific Islander collection, located on the University of Washington campus. Kaloeaholokai’s focus within Research Family was cultural-based healing and how culturally centered programs can improve Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander well-being across generations.

This work also allowed him to travel to both New Zealand and Hawaiʻi, where he explored a range of topics including food sovereignty, restorative justice, and wayfinding education, all through a culturally focused lens.

During his time on the Hill, Kaloeaholokai hopes to utilize his position as a law clerk to understand how laws are passed, how to serve those affected by them, and how to bring these skills back home to Hawaiʻi. Furthermore, he is interested in exploring how the knowledge he gains in an office outside of Hawaiʻi can be applied back home, particularly in regard to applying federal laws and judicial politics to state-level decision-making.