Ko Ngāti Awa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāiterangi ngā iwi. Ko Dr Ashlea Gillon Aramoana tōku ingoa. I’m a Kaupapa Māori critical transdisciplinary researcher, educator, and storyteller. I am currently a lecturer in Māori Studies at Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland, and my work centres and explores Māori and Indigenous health, fat studies, ethnicity and identity, racism and privilege, equity, Indigenous studies, theories, and methodologies.