Jean McKeague began her teaching career at a Waldorf-inspired school called Shady Grove in Puna on Hawaiʻi Island. While there she followed two classes of keiki from 1st through 8th grade. When Shady Grove became a satellite site for Hawaiʻi Academy of Arts & Sciences (HAAS), a public charter school, Jean remained there for another two years, before transferring to Kua O Ka Lā Public Charter School, where she is teaching preschoolers, which is her favorite age group. When Jean is not Aunty Jean to her beloved haumāna, she is Māmā to her own keiki who are half-Hawaiian. And though not native Hawaiian herself, Hawaiʻi is home. Jean has the deepest and utmost respect for Hawaiian culture and is full of gratitude to start each day with a dip in the ocean.