Elisapeta Tuupo‐Alaimaleata

Elisapeta 'Peta' Tuupo‐Alaimaleata is an American-Samoan educator.

Tuupo‐Alaimaleata was born and raised in Samoa. She has a master's degree in education from the University of Hawaii, Manoa.

Tuupo‐Alaimaleata began her career in education as a classroom teacher in American Samoa. She then worked for the University of Hawaii’s Manoa teacher training program as a teacher coordinator. She has also worked on a number of literacy development and community empowerment projects at the university.

Tuupo‐Alaimaleata has a history of working with the wider Samoan community to promote Samoan heritage, language, and culture.

Internationally, she is a voice for issues around the Samoan language and language preservation, including at the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education and Sosaiete Aota Amata Samoa I Aotearoaconference.