(Te Ātihaunui-a-Papārangi, Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Hāua)

Aleisha Amohia is a passionate young advocate for diversity and equity, sparked by her experiences as a young Māori-Asian woman in the technology industry.

Aleisha is the Koha Development Lead at Catalyst IT, an open source software company, where she started out as an intern in 2014. She is also a Victoria University of Wellington graduate with a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Management and Information Systems).

Aleisha holds a bunch of other roles in the community (and has done for years), with organisations such as the National Council of Women New Zealand, Wellington Alliance Against Sexual Violence, InternetNZ, Victoria University of Wellington Women in Tech, and more.