My education followed my love of people and I received psychology undergraduate and honours degrees from Africa’s top tertiary institution, the University of Cape Town (UCT), as well as completing coaching courses, in both executive and life coaching, and counselling courses through the University of South Africa (UNISA), alongside extensive work in the addiction field (I’m passionate about understanding and unraveling all aspects of addiction).

I’ve always enjoyed expanding my life toolkit, (or read another way, I love a challenge) and as such have sought out a diverse career spanning several roles and sectors.

After my studies, I shifted my focus from psychology to the corporate world, working in Director positions in both Sales and Marketing in the telecoms, regulatory technology and big data fields. Later in my career I occupied several Executive Director positions. 

I worked in the non-profit space as Program Director for a Stanford University initiative around scaling access to health education in Africa. I have worked closely with the former Prime Minister of Haiti for many years which has afforded me great exposure to the world of politics and government.