Sa Utailesolo, a 40-year-old man with vision impairment, grew up in the villages of Lepea and Lalomanu in Samoa. His various qualifications include certifications in early childhood teaching, orientation and mobility facilitation, and accounting and auditing which enables him to draft audit recommendations and verify documentation. Utailesolo has been working at the National Advocacy Organisation of Persons with Disabilities, Nuanua O Le Alofa, as a finance and administration coordinator for nearly 15 years. In the past, he has also worked as a Braille translator. Passionate about disability rights advocacy, Utailesolo has a training of trainers certificate for raising awareness on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Father to a son, he is committed to his family and the church and supports his wife, who has a disability, on her work-related travels.