Growing the Pasifika Health Workforce

The document highlights Athena Tapu, a Master of Psychotherapy student at AUT, who was a recipient of the Pacific Mental Health and Addictions Scholarship, provided by Le Va and the Ministry of Health. The scholarship has supported more than 200 Pasifika students since 2010. Athena shares her journey, influenced by her family’s nurturing and her desire to help her community. She describes how psychotherapy focuses on the therapeutic relationship and is holistic, taking culture and values into account.