Pass the Mic
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Pass the Mic
Sharing the stories and experiences of fifteen New Zealanders from migrant and former refugee backgrounds, this series is a community-led collaboration in partnership with Belong Aotearoa, Sport Waitākere and Storyo, hosted by Elina Ashimbayeva. Elina is the co-creator of Storyo, and moved to New Ze...
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Pass The Mic S2 Episode 1: Ricardo Menendez March
Ricardo Menéndez March is a dedicated activist and Member of Parliament for the Green Party. His own experiences working low-wage jobs as a migrant sh...
Pass The Mic Episode 15: Kat Eghdamian
Dr Kat Eghdamian is an Iranian-Kurdish New Zealander and former child refugee. She has six degrees and works as Lead Advisor for the Equal Employment...
Pass The Mic Episode 14: Nina Santos
Nina identifies as a first-generation migrant from the Philippines and is a passionate advocate for ethnic communities, migrant rights and gender equa...
Pass The Mic Episode 13: Ajaz Patel
A New Zealand Cricketer, Ajaz Patel made his international debut for the Black Caps in October 2018. In this episode, he and Elina talk about his cult...
Pass The Mic Episode 12: Marie Ysabel Landingin
Marie was born in Manila, raised in Auckland and currently works on major infrastructure projects at Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. She is a 'third...
Pass The Mic Episode 11: Ashley Petau-Ah Poe
Ashley is of Samoan-Chinese heritage and spent her childhood in Hong Kong before moving to Aotearoa when she was six years old. She and Elina talk abo...
Pass The Mic Episode 10: Suki Xiao
Suki is a Chinese-New Zealander, Career Coach and Founder of "As You", empowering women of colour to have confidence and clarity in their career and l...
Pass The Mic Episode 9: Lovely Dizon
A 1.5 generation Filipino-Kiwi who grew up in Aotearoa, Lovely is currently a PhD candidate and her research focuses on supporting 1.5 and second-gene...
Pass The Mic Episode 8: Medulla Oblongata
Meet Medulla, a drag queen performer who competed in the first season of House of Drag and a non-binary former refugee from the Maldives who lived in...
Pass The Mic Episode 7: Andrew Tui
Andrew Tui is a podcaster and a career practitioner who loves coffee and a ukulele jam. In this epsiode, he and Elina explore Andrew’s Samoan-Chinese...
Pass The Mic Episode 6: Nilofer Faizal
Nilofer Faizal recently moved to Auckland and has travelled and lived in India, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Mauritania and Morocco. She and Elina discuss Nil...
Pass The Mic Episode 5: Sun Min Elle Park
Sun has a research background in postcolonial theories in racism and is currently a union delegate. In this conversation, she and Elina talk about Sun...
Pass The Mic Episode 4: Maria Khaydar
In this episode, Elina speaks to Maria Khaydar, a self-described “capitalist girl-boss by day and anarchist by night”. Maria currently works in the te...
Pass The Mic Episode 3: Vira Paky
A young Congolese-Kiwi-South African woman, Vira is Chairperson of the New Zealand National Refugee Youth Council, advocating for, engaging and suppor...
Pass The Mic Episode 2: Ola Shahin
Ola is a Palestinian-Kiwi engineer and a community football coach at Manukau United Football Club. In sharing her inspiring journey, she speaks candid...
Pass The Mic Episode 1: Pok Wei Heng
Pok is a climate change consultant by day, working on regenerative cities centred on learning from indigenous wisdom, and a climate justice advocate b...