May 4th: June Teaurima - Founder of Pasefika LIFE

June Teaurima is a New Zealand born Samoan residing in Sydney. She is a mother of two beautiful girls and married to a wonderful man of Cook Island descent.

Her life revolves around family, her faith and her desire to reach out to our Pacific Island young people.

As a business woman, her heart is to help give back to our younger generations. Pasefika LIFE is a business birthed through a vision to reach out and assist in sowing the seeds in helping to transform the lives of our young people.

Through our programmes, she hopes and prays that we are able to touch the lives of our young people – and help bring about a change in mindsets, breaking the negative stereotypes that our people have of themselves, and the community has of our people.

Pasefika LIFE developed culturally specific workshops facilitated by Pacific Island and Maori role models to empower our young to believe in themselves, build resilience and raise expectations of personal achievement.

She has a background and vast experience in Training and Development, Retail Management and Supervisory, Customer Relations and Communications and Internet Network Marketing. Her hope is to be able to utilize her experiences to assist in raising the standards and expectations of our Pacific young people.

She believes the changes begin with a decision and mindset - a decision to educate ourselves, to set goals and work towards attaining them and living a purposeful existence.

June is passionate about her culture, and open to learning more about who she is and where she came from. Her desire is to share a part of her heritage, her past, and her experiences to help those around her identify with who they are – and where they are heading.

June, no words can explain how grateful I am and blessed that we were able to find each other and work together in helping our youth. I am honored to have met you and look forward for many more opportunities with you and hope to meet you at our next Strength+Beauty Conference. You have inspired me as a young Pasifika woman especially because of all the challenges and trials you have been through because of what we share in common. Thank you for being a bold, beautiful and empowering leader for us Pasifika women everywhere.

This one's to you <3

Alofa Tele