Traci Sietu is a Director, consultant, educator, and governance professional based in Auckland, working across education, universities, cultural advisory, and community development throughout Aotearoa and the wider Pacific.

Her career began in the early years kitchen, followed into the classroom — as a teacher aide, then registered teacher across multiple Auckland schools from primary to secondary — and has grown into national-level work with the Ministry of Education, university teacher education programmes, and charitable governance. She holds a Master’s in Educational Leadership (AUT), Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Administration (Massey University), Graduate Diploma in Inclusive Education (University of Canterbury) and Bachelor of Teaching (Massey University).

Traci is a lecturer, MoE Accredited PLD Facilitator (Cultural Capabilities, ACC 1043), a NZ registered teacher (Tūturu), and an Institute of Directors member. She currently serves as Chair of the Talalelei Life Futures Fund, a charitable trust supporting Samoan tertiary students in Samoa, and as a Trustee of Life Education Trust North Shore and Board member of He Toa Taua Harbour Sport alongside other governance responsibilities.

She is the Director of Lalaga Collective Limited, through which she delivers consultancy, professional learning, governance, and event services — alongside related family enterprises as the Managing Director in film & TV services, transport and logistics, labour and administration support while leading youth mentoring programmes through other business ventures.