iese purcell wilson
Iese Purcell Wilson’s life mission is to hold space and build bridges at the complex intersections of the society. Due to his backgrounds of being Samoan, Hawaiian, Filipino, Scotch/Irish raised in the US while also claiming space in both the LGBTQ Community & the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. the choral craft has become the perfect medium for empathy-based advocacy at these intersections. Iese is currently at ASU pursuing a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting but was previously known for his work of building bridges at his alma mater, BYU-Hawai’i, where he came out as being openly gay and would go on to privately comfort about 200 students from dozens of countries, meet with the BYUH Presidents Council to discuss the wellbeing of these LGBTQ+ students for the first time in school history, co-found Hawai’i’s first (Latter-day Saint) LGBTQ+ support group off campus for students and staff, helped create and host the first LGBTQ+ fireside on the BYUH campus, and offered the first LGBTQ+ awareness training for the Guest Services Department at the Polynesian Cultural Center.