As a mixed-race Pasifika Scotswoman, I don't fit neatly into the Pālagi world or the Scottish world. I first noticed this when I was about age nine. The kids at school used to call me "Bounty Bar"—which happens to be one of my favourite chocolates, by the way. They said it was because I was brown on the outside and white on the inside. At college I was encouraged to look only at gateway career options rather than pursue an academic pathway. Despite these challenges, I learnt to walk in both worlds. I have found, for the most part, it is about educating others about what it means to be a proudly indigenous Pacific and Scottish wahine warrior, and never to justify it. 