Phylesha Brown-Acton

Phylesha Brown-Acton has worked in the HIV sector and on behalf of LGBTQI communities for more than 20 years.  Based in New Zealand, Phylesha is the founder and Director of F’INE Pasifika Aotearoa, which is an organisation that provides navigational support services to indigenous LGBTQI people in Auckland city.  She is also the Co-Chair of the Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN), an advisor to the Northland District Health Boards Advisory for Transgender Health Services Advisory group, and a trustee of INA Maori, Indigenous & South Pacific HIV & AIDS Foundation.