Rosario Andrade - Instructors

Rosario Andrade is the director & founder of Ch’eno’ Polynesian Arts, a local Polynesian cultural arts program. Rosario has always made plant & flower embellishments but credits Kumu (teacher) Kuana Torres Kahele for providing structure in lei making. Ch’eno’ Polynesian Arts performs with fresh plant & flower leis & has performed for International Friendship Day, Juneteenth, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, AAPI Celebrations, Festival
Of Native Arts, and numerous other events. Lei making is integral in the authenticity of performances. To make lei is not only to make a craft but the embodiment of sharing mana (soul).