Beth Awatere (she/they) (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu) is a queer, disability rights advocate based in Tāmaki Makaurau. She grew up in the Middle East and spent their final years at high school travelling through Europe on a student exchange. Beth has a law and international politics conjoint degree from the University of Auckland, where they worked on several equity groups like the Equal Justice Project, Te Rākau Ture and the Mooting Society. Her recent mahi includes the Deepen* kaupapa in partnership with Auckland Pride and the Taera campaign for sex education reform on behalf of Rainbow Law.