Isabella Rasch is a Pasifika student support adviser at AUT University and a foundation board member of the Pacific Media Centre. She has been PMC chair since 2013.
She graduated from AUT with a Master of Art and Design (honours) in 2007, after completing a thesis that explored alofa, the Samoan term for love, using installation practices. Isabella says her success is credited to being passionate, having a supportive family and AUT encouraging professional development for staff.
As an artist, Isabella is involved with the Tautai Trust, a charitable organisation that promotes Pacific Island art, and works with Creative New Zealand. This has included being involved with the 2006 Pacific Arts Forum and the Pacific Island Writing Forums, both held at AUT.
Isabella has volunteered in the Pacific Island community for more than a decade.
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