Florenda Nirikani is 43 years old. She is originally from the Ajïe Arhö area of the municipality of Waa Wi Luu in Kanaky. She is a socio-cultural facilitator, popular education activist, and defender of the rights of the Kanak people and other colonized peoples. She has spent 17 years working for the independence movement, promoting electoral lists, communication, education, culture, training, and youth issues.