Recorded live in the Republic of Naoero, this episode marks a special collaboration between the Global Institute for Leadership and the Pacific-Australia Youth Association (PAYA). Host Dominic de Moura McCarthy is joined by Ankemwi Garoa, youth advocate, historian and cultural advisor, for a conversation about the values, experiences and relationships that have shaped his leadership journey.

Ankemwi reflects on growing up in Naoero with a deep passion for politics, history and culture, and on a career path that has taken him from Government Reporter in the Office of the President to Foreign Service Officer with Naoero's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and now Museum Assistant with the Department of National Heritage. As former General Secretary of the Naoero National Youth Council and current PAYA Naoero Branch Advisor, he shares w ...