Brandon Tacadena is a Master of Divinity candidate currently attending Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. He was born and raised on the island of O’ahu, in Hawai’i. Brandon has genealogical ties to Sāmoa, Tokelau, the Philippines, The Cook Islands, and various parts of Europe. Tacadena’s work explores the intersections of theology, colonialism, spiritual fluidity and Pasifika indigeneity.