Latoya Aroha Rule (all pronouns) is a Māori & First Nations, Takatāpui/queer Research Fellow working across the Legal Strategies & Policy Hubs at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney. Their work focuses on confronting state violence, advancing First Nations justice, and supporting family-led legislative reforms. Following the death in custody of their elder brother, Wayne Fella Morrison, Latoya founded and now leads a national anti-torture coalition advocating for systemic change and accountability. Their recently submitted doctorate examines state violence through examination of Aboriginal women’s expertise in coronial inquests and resistance to contested asphyxiation deaths in custody of their loved ones. Latoya is also a board director of NGO Yung Prodigy, and was recognised by Time as a “Racial Justice Guardian of the Year" across 2020.