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Kekoa Lloyd Harman was born and raised on Maui where most of his family still resides, mainly in Lāhaina. He is the son of Jeff and Nani Harman. Kekoa is an Associate Professor at Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani, College of Hawaiian Language at UH-Hilo. In this role, Kekoa specializes in beginning Hawaiian language instruction and upper-division Performing Arts classes taught in the medium of Hawaiian. Prior to that, he worked with the ʻAha Pūnana Leo for 10 years supporting its language revitalization efforts. He started working at Ka Haka ʻUla as a lecturer in 2003. In 2011 after an ʻuniki graduation under Kumu Hula Kimo Alama Keaulana, he and his wife Pelehonuamea founded their hula school, Hālau I Ka Leo Ola O Nā Mamo, whose students are exclusively taught through the medium of Hawaiian. They have also chosen to raise their four children in Hawaiian, the primary language of their household. Kekoa received his PH.D. in the Hawaiian and Indigenous Language and Culture Revitalization Ph.D. Program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.