Tongan born Author and Poet, Mepa Taufa-Vuni, is a mother of four children and she is married to Siaosi Vuni from Kolomotu’a. Mepa’s father is from Vainī (Siopau Taufa), Tongatapu and her mother (Temaleti Taufe'ulungaki) is from Ha’ateiho. She has two sisters (Malama, Seini) and four brothers (Maikolo, Taitusi, Mosese Tava, Kanitiola). A graduate from the University of the South Pacific and the University of Auckland, she works as a maths specialist at Fairburn Primary School at Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand.