Eleina Butuna is an award winning citizen of Papua New Guinea, and won the Westpac Outstanding Women (WOW) award in 2012.^[1]Butuna fought for equal payment and employment opportunities for women, and became president of an organization that previously had a large male population.^[2]

Butuna is from a small island in Papua New Guinea called Brumer Island.^[1] She was born and raised there with her 3 siblings,^[1] and has a son. Her son, Jayhugh Smith or Prote - J,^[1] was born in 1987, in LA, then moved to Papua New Guinea, then moved back to Orlando at 12 years old.^[3] He started his music career soon after school.^[3] Prote - J was also influenced by his mother (Butuna) when it came to music.^[3] Butuna was supposedly a fan of Michael Jackson.^[3] She listened to Michael Jackson with her son and her son became inspired.^[3]

Butuna always had learning as a big priority. Her parents never had a good education, so they always wanted the best for their kids when it came to schooling.^[3] She also made sure her son had a good education, and her son has a bachelor's degree in business administration.^[3]

Butuna has didn't start as an organization president. As Butuna prioritized the education of all, including her, she attended college. She then became a lecturer at the University of Papua New Guinea.^[1]After becoming lecturer, she received the WOW award and discussed both her public and private (professional) career life.^[1]Then, later on, Butuna became president.