Brandy Nālani McDougall (Kanaka 'Ōiwi) is a poet, scholar, mother, and aloha 'āina from Aʻapueo, Maui, and now living with her ʻohana in Kalaepōhaku, Oʻahu. She is the author of Finding Meaning: Kaona and Contemporary Hawaiian Literature, and the collection of poetry The Salt-Wind: Ka Makani Paʻakai. This is her second book of poetry.