Mr. Luka Fatuesi teaches Science and AI/Data Science at Kulia Academy. Before joining Kulia, he taught in the Las Cruces Public Schools in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Mr. Luka Fatuesi joins Kūlia Academy with a remarkable academic and professional background that bridges the sciences, international relations, and education. He earned dual bachelor’s degrees from Stanford University in Biology, with a specialization in Computational Biology, and International Relations, where he focused on the global forces that shape societies, policies, and communication. His training in International Relations sharpened his ability to analyze complex texts, engage with diverse perspectives, and understand the power of language in shaping civic and cultural life—skills he now brings directly into the English Language Arts classroom.

His research at Stanford reflected both technical expertise and a commitment to equity and global impact. In the Daru Lab, he used multivariate regression to examine the socio-economic drivers of invasive species worldwide. In the Fraser Lab, he worked with Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing data on Human-Chimp stem cell hybrids, building pipelines to explore the evolutionary origins of human aging. He also led a project titled Improving Melanoma Classification Training to Address Darker-skinned Melanoma Risk Asymmetry, applying an AlexNet convolutional neural network, augmented datasets, and advanced coding in Python, C++, C, and R to improve medical equity. His research also explored new modalities of data visualization to make complex issues more accessible to wider audiences—an approach that parallels how he teaches students to write, communicate, and connect their ideas effectively.

Beyond research, Mr. Fatuesi served as Governance and Special Projects Manager with Stanford’s Associated Students, where he reformed governance structures, oversaw multimillion-dollar budgets, and doubled student voter turnout by empowering voices that had previously gone unheard. In that role, he administered funding for Voluntary Student Organizations to support their contributions to campus life and the wider community, with every decision designed to further Stanford’s educational mission.

For Mr. Fatuesi, literacy is more than a skill, it’s the foundation of scholarly growth. He strives to help students see reading and writing not simply as obligations one must do for class, but also as tools for self-discovery, critical thinking, and rigorous analysis. His International Relations background equips him to highlight the relevance of literature, writing, and critical inquiry across cultures and societies, making English Language Arts both meaningful and empowering for every student.