Lia is an independent artist, Creative Producer, curator of creative and cultural projects whose ancestors hail from Samoa and the Luiseño nation of Southern California. Born and raised in Australia, Lia is committed to delivering innovative arts and cultural programming that support BIPOC communities. Lia's creative practice focuses on ancestral arts and cultural practices that support mothers and families during the first 1000 days (Conception to age two) and most recently has developed the inaugural First Nations Children's Festival that provides me3aningful arts and cultural programming to young people.