Arama is a founder, intercultural facilitator, educator and māmā who has spent her life working at the intersections of culture, community, and systemic change. She is an advocate for wellbeing in the systems that serve people, passionate about creating pathways where difference is valued and leaders are supported to bridge across worldviews. Her journey has carried her from West Auckland to the outback deserts of Australia for two decades, and back home again. She worked alongside First Nations Luritja, Arrernte, Pitjantjatjara, and Martu peoples across the Central and Western Deserts, partnering with families and educators to embed cultural knowledge, grow local leadership, and reshape schooling and community systems to better reflect the people they serve. Along the way, she has held roles as teacher, principal, consultant, curriculum designer, and cultural advisor. In 2015, Arama founded **Walk Together NZ**, establishing new roots as an extension of Walk Together International. Over the past decade, she has built trust across Aotearoa, grown an engaged community, and shaped a Walk Together approach that fits the local landscape. In 2025, Walk Together NZ evolved into **Walk Together Aotearoa**, with shared leadership now in place. Today, Arama shares this role with Evalesi Tu’inukuafe, Emma Webb, David Goddard, and a growing group of kaitiaki who help steer Walk Together’s waka towards its vision of Total Wellbeing in our systems, communities, whānau, and the lives of individuals. Grounded in the values of kindness, humility, whānau, whanaungatanga, and he waka eke noa, doing things together, Arama lives her work as much as she teaches it. She is passionate about supporting the next generation of leaders, often stepping aside to let others lead the way. Her greatest joy is seeing young leaders grow in confidence and courage, and her deepest passion is her son and the pathways he carves for the future. Across her career, Arama has brought intercultural facilitation into education, community development, government, and philanthropy, working nationally and internationally to influence change. From remote communities in Australia to urban collectives in Aotearoa, she continues to walk alongside people and organisations seeking to navigate complexity, honour Indigenous knowledge systems and Te Ao Māori, uphold the place of Tangata Whenua, and co-create futures grounded in wellbeing.