🌿Eco-entrepreneur, e-commerce store - Deidaaecogiftsonline, YouTuber - Learn with Samita, fashion designer, academic, speaker, author, 🎓Master's degree in Fashion Design with honours from Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. 🏆Finalist at the Style Pasifika Fashion Awards in Auckland, New Zealand for two successive years. 🪡 For nearly a decade, I was the Coordinator of Major Studies (Fashion and Costume Design) at the Academy of Design Australia (AoDA), Port Melbourne, Australia. 🎤I lecture at international conferences and write articles on sustainable and ethical fashion and eco- textiles in Australia, New Zealand, and India. 🪴I spread the eco and ethical message through my social platforms. 🥈I won the Ausmumpreneur Awards 2020 silver trophy in the Sustainability category. 💻My e-commerce store Deidaaecogiftsonline is about preserving tradition and retaining self-respect. Mass production robs artisans of creative satisfaction. Deidaa contributes to the artisans’ material and emotional wellness by creating a demand for artisan crafts. DEIDAA’S MANTRA – EDGY, ETHICAL, ECO.💥⚖️🌱 🎬You Tube Channel - Learn with Samita 🐶 Honey coloured Groodle named Simba 🧡 🎼🛳 ✈️ 🧘‍♀️