Software engineer, student leader, and proud Cook Islander. Each line of code a stitch; each community a pattern.
The Pa Enua are the outer islands of the Cook Islands; fifteen specks of volcanic rock and coral in an ocean of blue. That’s where my family comes from. It’s what I carry into every room I walk into.
I’m Inano, a proud Cook Islander in her final year of a Bachelor of Information Technology at QUT, majoring in Information Systems and minoring in Computer Science.
There aren’t many Polynesians in tech, and that’s exactly why I show up the way I do; founding communities, mentoring emerging coders, and carrying my culture into every room I walk into.
Soon I’ll be joining Westpac’s Next Wave program as a Software Engineer. Until then I’m still shipping, still learning, and still stitching together a career like a tivaevae; one deliberate pattern at a time.
Software Engineer
Westpac
Bootcamp Graduate
She Codes Plus
Rising Star of the Year
Women in Digital
President of the Year
QUT Guild
Founding President
QUT The Emerging Coders Hub
Bachelor of I.T.
Queensland University of Technology
Code, community, and leadership; each one stitched together like a tivaevae.
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2024 — present
Founded QUT’s Emerging Coders Hub from a blank page to a thriving student community — designing programs, running workshops, and mentoring the next wave of developers. Built the thing I wished existed when I started.
Policy · Student Advocacy
Led student-experience initiatives as Guild President — translating big ideas into shipped programs. Recognised as Guild President of the Year.
Full-stack · Bootcamp
Graduated the She Codes Plus bootcamp with a full-stack web project — a reminder that women belong at every layer of the stack, especially the foundations.
Incoming · Software Engineer
About to join Westpac’s Next Wave graduate program as a Software Engineer — carrying my island, my community, and everything I’ve built into enterprise-scale code.
Kia Orana
The door is open for collabs, mentoring, or coffee. I’m especially keen to hear from other Pacific folks finding their way in tech.
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