
Dr Ashlea Gillon Aramoana (Ngāti Awa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāiterangi) is a kaupapa Māori critical transdisciplinary researcher, educator, and storyteller working as a lecturer in Māori Studies at Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland. Her work centres and explores Māori and Indigenous health, fat studies, ethnicity and identity, racism and privilege, equity, indigenous studies, theories, and methodologies.