Francis Palani Sinenci (born 1942) is a recognized master-builder of traditional Hawaiian house (hale) building methods.
Sinenci is of both Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) and Filipino descent and he was born and raised in Hāna, Maui.
[3] Sinenci was born to a Native Hawaiian mother and Filipino immigrant father in 1942.
Sinenci enjoyed fishing and his family primarily gathered and traded their daily food.
He attended and graduated from Hāna Elementary to High School, class of 1961, and throughout high school, he joined the Civil Air Patrol as a way to occasionally travel out of the small town of Hāna.