Donavan Kamakani Albano is a queer ʻŌiwi, Ilokano, and Puerto Rican poet from Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. Their work has been published in Poetry Northwest, Chapter House Journal, Pasefika Presence, and Hūlili: Multidisciplinary Research on Hawaiian Well-Being. Albano has received fellowships and scholarships from Brooklyn Poets, the McCormack Writing Center (formerly Tin House), and Indigenous Nations Poets. They were a finalist for the James Welch Prize in 2026 and were nominated for Best New Poets. Albano holds an MA in Indigenous Politics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.