Profile: Manufou Liaiga-Anoa'i aims to lead with intention and humility

• Manufou Liaiga-Anoa’i, a first-generation Samoan American activist, says she is vying to become the first Pacific Islander to sit on a city council in California.

• Liaiga-Anoa’i is one of a handful of AAPI candidates on the ballot for local offices this November, but she hopes that her Bay Area campaign will have an outsized impact—and help model a different type of service in politics, Mochi Magazine's Giannina Ong and Virginia Duan write.