Nackie Fiso-Moli

3.6.23

Name: Annette “Nackie” Fiso-Moli (Annette is my government name) Ha!

Family (parents, siblings, spouses, kids): I grew up in South San Francisco, California. Both of my parents are from American Samoa. My two brothers and I are first generation for our family in the States. I’ve been married to the most patient man in the world, Moses for almost 37 years. We have five kids 1 boy and 4 girls, my son -Mack and my daughter in love, Khea has the most handsome baby in the whole wide world (my grandson), Leo. My daughters, Evelyn is married to Lai (aka HighGuyLai – check out his music), Timena who is in media, Mylei is at college in the freezing East Coast and my Malia is a freshman in high school. I also have a fur baby, Suga (Alaskan Husky).

Occupation: I am the co-founder for PasifkaByDesign along with my cousin, Carl Johnson. Co-Host to the Faika Podcast and Koviki Talk.

Educational level: El Camino High School in South San Francisco, City College of San Francisco (Pacific Islander Studies),  UC Berkeley Extension (Business).

“For me, it has been important to show Pacific islanders in different lights. It’s been amazing to see the athletes and actors. They have opened the door for people who have no idea where, what or who are Pacific Islanders. They’ll google Where is Samoa? Where is Tonga? Where is Fiji?  Marshall Islands? Growing up I didn’t see people that looked like me as an educator so to highlight Educators, Entrepreneurs, Journalists and so many other people who look like me is important for the kids to see – representation. Highlighting people winning in life, meaning doing what they love through hard work and passion is always a positive thing to see in our community.”


“Being of Pasifika decent has made me who I am because we are prideful people and at the same time humble. I know that when I walk into a place, I am representing my family – my grandmother, my mother, my father and so on. The struggles my parents and Grandparents went through to get us here is not taken lightly. I don’t always make the right decision and I fall on my face but because my parents I bounce back quickly.  

I am a survivor of many things this life has thrown at me but if not for the example my ancestors set forth don’t think I could have made it. My grandmother, Masele was a nurse in 1940’s and she had to take the canoe with her sister, Feiloaina who was also a nurse to villages to help nurse people back to health.  My mother told me one night when she was young a High Chief came to my grandmother’s door and said his wife had been ill and he needed help. My grandmother left with him and stayed at his home with his family until his wife was healthy. He was so grateful that he gifted her acres of land in Tafuna, American Samoa. Tafuna is the first village after the American Samoa airport. The High Chief said whoever enters the Island will pass through Tafuna and be touched by an angel.  One of my favorite stories that has been handed down my family. This is why I love that are so many Pacific Islanders in media telling stories – our own stories. I always say that this is a great time to be a Pacific Islander.”


What advice do you have for the upcoming Polynesian generations?


“Live your truth. Be who you are supposed to be. What are you passionate about? Do that. Fight to do that and work hard and when you get to where you are, help someone get to where they need to be.”

Live your truth. Be who you are supposed to be. What are you passionate about? Do that."