Kiki Rivera

Storyteller

Kiki Rivera (she, we, they) is an internationally produced, award-winning theatre artist, educator, and arts activist. They hold a BA in Theatre and MFA in Playwriting from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM) and is also a member of the 2018 ArtEquity cohort. Original plays include Faʻalavelave: The Interruption. Published plays include “Puzzy” (featuring New Zealand Playwright Victor Rodger) found in the anthology Samoan Queer Lives, "To Our Black and Brown Babies of Ocean and Islands” in the anthology We’re Not Neutral, and “Kumu Kukui” in Lighting the Way: An Anthology of Short Plays About The Climate Crises.

As an educated gender-queer person of color (Samoan-Filipinx born and raised in Hawaii), Kiki acknowledges their privilege and responsibility to those marginalized communities. Kiki’s work focuses on cultural/sexual identity within the context of post-colonization and is one of many Pacific Islander voices in the diaspora who believes in the value of self-reflective storytelling from a contemporary indigenous perspective.

Kiki currently serves as Empowering Pacific Islander Communities Storyteller to help advance our mission of advancing social justice.