This week’s bonus episode is with Trina Faaiuaso. Faith and family are the guiding lights for Trina in everything she does and are the foundation on which she stands.

Trina graduated with a Bachelor of Justice Studies (Critical Criminology) in 2003 and a Bachelor of Laws in 2010 from the Queensland University of Technology (“QUT”). While working as a public servant, Trina obtained her Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from QUT in 2011. Trina has extensive legal experience in advocacy and litigation, predominately in human rights and legal matters relating to children and young people in the child protection system and adults with impaired capacity.

Trina’s Christian faith and passion for serving others includes volunteering as a youth leader and Sunday School teacher for the Logan City Congregational Christian Church of Samoa in Australia Inc. Trina is also one of the founding members for the Pasifika Lawyers Association of Queensland Inc (“PLAQ”), which is a multicultural Association of Pacific Island lawyers, law students, legal or justice professionals in Queensland. Trina was previously the PLAQ’s treasurer for several years and was recently appointed as President for PLAQ late last year. A key initiative of PLAQ in 2023, is co-delivering the inaugural international Pasefika Collective Conference in Samoa in July 2023.

Trina is also a co-founder of Pasifika Autism Village Support Group (PAVSG) which is currently operating in Queensland (Qld) and New South Wales (NSW) with the goal of expanding across Australia. Trina is blessed with two amazing autistic blessings. Her nine year old nephew, Leviticus, an autistic non verbal amazing little human who inspires her to do better because he can, and his four year old sister, Hadassah, who inspires her to not allow the world to define how loud she can be.