Amber Pomaikalani Leon Guerrero
DIRECTOR Of student success
Amber Pomaikalani Leon Guerrero is a passionate educator and systems leader dedicated to building learning communities rooted in equity, culture, and connection. As Director of Student Success at Kūlia Academy, Amber leads efforts to ensure that every student receives the academic, social, and emotional support needed to thrive and achieve excellence.
Before joining Kūlia Academy, Amber served as Chief Equity & Engagement Officer and a founding team member at DreamHouse ‘Ewa Beach Public Charter School, where she helped grow the student body from 100 to 600 and led the school’s transition into a $26 million campus. Her work has consistently centered on empowering students, families, and educators through inclusive and culturally grounded systems.
Amber holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Change and Organizational Resilience at AcademyEX in Aotearoa New Zealand. She is also a Certified Nexus Fellow through The Equity Lab, a national network of educational leaders committed to dismantling systemic inequities in schools.
Amber is proud of her Chamorro and Native Hawaiian heritage, which deeply influences her leadership and approach to education. She draws on the values of both cultures—respect for family and community, aloha, resilience, and collective responsibility—to create school environments where students feel seen, supported, and empowered. Her cultural identity not only grounds her personally, but also informs her work with students and families, particularly in areas of housing stability, economic opportunity, and wellness.
Amber’s approach to education blends ancestral knowledge with modern systems thinking, drawing on her values of aloha, kuleana, and radical interconnectedness. She believes that student success is cultivated through love, high expectations, meaningful relationships, and intentional design.
When she’s not leading student support initiatives, Amber enjoys hiking, traveling, reading, and spending time in community with her family and loved ones.