Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka, the 2021 Territorial Teacher of the Year for American Samoa, has served as an educator for the past 11 years and currently serves as an educational consultant for the territory.

Sabrina was the first American Samoan to win the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators from the US Environmental Protection Agency for all of Region 9 and was the first Pacific Islander to win an EE 30 Under 30 award for the North American Association for Environmental Education. Sabrina also represented American Samoa at the 2019 Young Pacific Leaders (YPL) program, became a winner for the 2019 YPL Small Grants Program, and selected for the YPL Civic Engagement Program as a workshop participant and also a keynote speaker. 

Sabrina is the founder for Finafinau, which began in 2017, which focuses on youth advocacy for the environment. In this capacity, she works with over 150 youth each year to coordinate coast clean ups, tree planting, and school outreach visits, with the hope to promote environmental conservation and resilience. In 2022, Finafinau earned its nonprofit status and now has student chapters in three districts in the territory. Sabrina earned her Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where she also serves as a graduate instructor.