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Noalani Helelā is a severely neurodivergent Hapa Hawaiian-Japanese-Chinese artist whose work includes filmmaking, playwriting, music, and poetry. After competing in several national poetry slams, she made her playwriting debut with Demigods Anonymous at Kumu Kahua Theatre in 2018 which saw a second staging at Palikū Theatre in Fall 2022. She also wrote, directed, and starred in the short film Yellow Fever Aftermath in 2020 for Windward Academy of Creative Media.