Sean Dioneda Rivera is a Filipino-Pakeha second generation immigrant born and raised in Tokoroa. Sean is a recent graduate of the acting programme at Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School. As an actor Sean has worked with some of Aotearoa's most prolific theatre practitioners: Jane Yonge, Anya Tate-Manning and Erina Daniels in Another Mammal, Tupua Tigafua in Ciggie Butts in the Sand and Jo Randerson in Clean-up in Aisle Three. Although Sean's career is just beginning, he has been featured in various short films, working with both emerging and established directors across the motu.