Lualemana was sexually assaulted while growing up in Hawaii. Today, she uses her craft as a tattoo artist to educate others about Native Hawaiian cultural identity and empower sexual assault survivors through the art of tattooing.
When tattoo artist Marlo Lualemana made the decision to share her story as a survivor of childhood sexual assault, the response she received from friends, clients, and followers from social media was overwhelming.
Today, she uses her craft as a tattoo artist to educate others about Native Hawaiian cultural identity and empower sexual assault survivors through the art of tattooing. Lualemana believes that sharing her own story has helped some of her clients, many of whom are sexual assault survivors, open up. “If I’m able to help in some little way, somebody, when they look at the tattoo and relate...and relate to the fact that it represents a survivor, then I feel like I’ve done something positive,” she added.A tattoo artist and professional dancer for the past 11 years, Lualemana started off sketching tattoo pieces, watching YouTube tattoo videos, and spending hours studying and learning about the significance of certain motifs and patterns.
“A lot of my tattoos are referenced to that ʻAumākua,” said Lualemana, using a Hawaiian word that translates to “ancestral guardian spirits.” Before she became a full-time tattoo artist, Lualemana grew up in Waimānalo, Hawaii, and spent her early childhood performing hula. She was born to dance, as her dad was a Hawaiian entertainer for as long as she can remember.“We have a love and passion for our culture and I’m grateful to my parents because they instilled Hawaiian values in us and we were raised to respect our elders,” Lualemana said. “My sister danced, my mom danced.
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