Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Kahungunu, and Samoa

I grew up living between Wainuiomata and Waitara. When I finished high school in 2019, I moved to Australia and that’s where I began creating art before coming home to continue.

Verbal communication has never been my strong suit, but art has helped me to find my voice; it has allowed me to express things that I usually cannot find the words for.