Joliene Adams

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Joliene Adams is a freelance writer based in Portland, Oregon, USA. She covers travel, the outdoors, arts, and culture for a variety of international and local USA/Canadian Pacific Northwest publications. She’s an advocate of multilingualism and has a background in language education, global literature, and supporting heritage languages as well as languages-in-revitalization. You can find her as ‘Joliene Carolina’ on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok. She takes promoting accountability in the travel industry and educational sector seriously, but also believes in deep joy and can frequently be found having a good, hard laugh at just about anything.

Stories from Joliene Adams

Meet Uri Araki Oyarce, a Rapanui Man Opening Up Outrigger Canoeing

One inclusive team's impact on contemporary Polynesian life and culture in Easter Island.