Tebeio hails from the islands of Beru and Tarawa in the small island state of Kiribati. He is a food technologist by profession and LGBT advocate by passion. Tebeio is the found member of BIMBA (Boutokaan Inaomataia ao Mauriia Binabinaine Association), an LGBTQ+ civil society organization (CSO) in Kiribati. It focuses on eradicating all forms of discrimination, stigma and violence against the LGBTQ communities especially binabinaine.