Kahea Clark was born on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. He is the youngest of 8 children, with 5 sisters and 2 brothers. He completed his bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science at BYU. His undergrad experience blessed him with great friends, mentors, opportunities, and research which fueled a desire to work with young minds more upstream. This led him to receive his Master’s in Educational Psychology at the University of Utah. Kahea has worked in many educational capacities including in the Jr. High and High School sectors of Public Ed, School District Leadership, President of the Utah Chapter of NAME - National Association of Multicultural Education -, Assistant Director of Multicultural Student Services and now with University Student Success.
His career is driven to champion equity, student opportunity, and achievement among underrepresented youth. He considers his student approach through the lens of connection, regulation, and reasoning. He enjoys watching sitcoms with his wife and having dance parties with his 3 beautiful young children. He thinks that he makes a decent ping-pong challenge.