Cole Meyers is an educator and activist. He works as a consultant on trans and gender diverse narratives and inclusion in film, television, web series and theatre, including at Shortland Street, where he is currently a dialogue writer and previously a story-liner. He has been on the board of samesame but different and Breaking Boundaries, where he has run workshops on writing, performance and art, and an organiser and script selector for Legacy Project. He also works with InsideOUT, including as a writing and performance teacher, and has worked with RainbowYOUTH. Cole was the writer and co-showrunner for the recent critically acclaimed Rūrangi series.