Mele Lokalesia Fifita hated dancing when she was growing up, but it has helped put her through university and now she is performing in Auckland as part of the Living Legends.
Fifita, whose mother comes from Matahau and whose father is from Kolovai and Fo’ui, grew up in California.
Her mother lived in Auckland for a while before her family moved her to Long Beach, California. Her grandmother was raising her children on her own and the move was for a better life.
She is a Communications major specializing in public relations at Brigham Young University in Utah.