An Australian business professional and passionate educator, over the past ten years, Steve has been residing In Chile, where he has lectured in marketing and business at various universities. Extending from Chile to Peru and now Colombia, Steve has been sharing intercultural skills and practices for his students and peers. He has been invited to participate and speak in seminars nationally and internationally across Chile, Peru, and the United States. He is also a co-editor in academic research papers in marketing and developing innovative social inclusion programs for universities.

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Steve has held the position of Director of Institutional and International Affairs at Universidad Catolica de Concepción for 7 years and the honour of Presiding over the Commission on Internationalization, a consortium that is conformed of 30 Directors of International Relations at Chilean Universities. An advocate for internationalization in Higher Education, which has enabled him to be active in business development with embassies, educational agencies, private and public sector NGOs, as well as National consortiums ensuring UCSC is involved in numerous trade activities and opportunities. Steve also developed the initial blueprint towards an integrated internationalization policy at UCSC, facilitating new initiatives in curriculum, research, and academic mobility development.

Keith L. Camacho is a Chamorro historian from the Mariana Islands and a Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also the author of Sacred Men: Law, Torture, and Retribution in Guam (Duke University Press, 2019) and the editor of Reppin’: Pacific Islander Youth and Native Justice (University of Washington Press, 2021). His research has been supported by the American Council of Learned Societies, the Fulbright Program, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Luskin Endowment for Thought Leadership.

He also serves on the board of Empowering Pacific Islander Communities, is the former board chair of Films by Youth Inside, and is quite involved in community-based collectives in California and greater Oceania.

Lanea Tuiasosopo is a US Fulbright Grantee pursuing her MA in Global Studies at the University of Auckland. Her research focuses on the intersection of Pacific sport, community resilience and health. She received her BA in Communications and Global Health at UCLA, where she was also the NCAA Division-1 Rowing Team Captain.

Prior to her work in Tāmaki Makaurau, she held various non-profit and private sector roles in Los Angeles, San Francisco and American Sāmoa. Tuiasosopo has organised transnational and local advocacy efforts around mental health, gender equality and sport. She is passionate about supporting young people to thrive academically and athletically.

Julia Mageau Gray, has been marking skin since 2013 and transitioned into this art form after many years as a dance practitioner, choreographer and director of Sunameke Productions.
It was her role of film maker of the Sunameke Productions three-part documentary; Tep Tok : Reading Between Our Lines, and the journey to raise awareness for the dying art form that moved her into the role of skin marking artistry. She uses the ‘Hand Poke’ and “Hand Tap” method of making skin and was taught by a number of Pasifika Tattoo Artists namely Pat Morrow, Tihoti Faara, and Croc Tatau.

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Julia is currently a Professional Teaching Fellow teaching the three stages of Pacific Music and Dance in Pacific Studies, Te Wānanga o Waipapa at Waipapa Taumata Rau l The University of Auckland.

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