Dean Kapi-Tangata is a Registered Nurse who has spent many years advocating for Sexual Reproductive Health and Human Rights as a Youth Peer Educator for the Cook Islands Family Welfare Assosciation, where they started volunteering at the young age of fifteen. Now ten years later, Dean is working for the organization where their voluntary work started as the Humanitarian Focal Coordinator and Comprehensive Sexuality Coordinator after serving the people of the Cook Islands as a Senior Registered Nurse for seven years, working in isolation in some of the most remote parts of the Cook Islands. Dean is passionate about educating the young people of the Cook Islands and advocating for Equity and Equality. They take great pride in their Cook Islands Culture, as shown through their work as a Ta'unga Kapa, Cook Islands Choreographer and enjoys getting heavily involved in their community. Dean is currently working towards a Degree in Counseling, in order to provide further services for their people.