Telesia Kobiti currently works as a programme officer at the Pacific Disability Forum (PDF). She has been at the PDF for over 5 years and was formerly their research officer. Her areas of expertise include access auditing, and she is the key lead for work on accessibility while providing support for work on support services and social protection. Telesia also works across the Sustainable Development Goals in alignment with the United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
Telesia has a Master of Arts in Diplomacy and International Affairs, a Postgraduate Diploma in Diplomacy and International Affairs, as well as a Bachelor Degree in Sociology and Social Work from the University of the South Pacific. She had also spent a semester at the University of Gottingen, Germany, as an exchange student studying social and cultural anthropology.
She is passionate about advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities and is true to her stand of working to change the narrative for persons with disabilities in the Pacific region.
