Sarai Kolio Fitu Toleafoa graduated in 2018 with a Foundation Certificate of Arts, and completed a Bachelor Degree of Arts in 2021. She started her interest in research during her degree years, whereby she was involved in a couple of Geography fieldtrips. She is currently working as an educator and peer mentor at the National University of Samoa. She is a junior researcher in the APN-funded climate micro-mobilities research in Samoa. Her field of interests range from climate change to environmental sustainability, social development, and youth empowerment.