Matāpuna Levenson, MSW
Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Initiative Program Manager
Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence
Matāpuna Ma’ilo-Levenson (she/her) is the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Initiative Program Manager for the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence. She is responsible for providing technical assistance and training on models and issues related to culturally relevant domestic violence homicide prevention (DVHP), as well as analyzing emerging issues and documenting best practices on DVHP in Asian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. Prior to joining the Institute, Matāpuna was the Training and Technical Assistance Director for the Hawaiʻi State Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Born on the island of Tutuila, American Sāmoa and raised in Waialua, Hawaiʻi, Matāpuna now resides on Moku o Keawe (Hawaiʻi Island) with her ʻohana/aiga. She has served on various boards and commissions with her most recent appointment to the Hawaiʻi County Committee on the Status of Women. Matāpuna received her BSW from BYU-Hawaiʻi and MSW from the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work’s Department of Social Change and Innovation.
