has vast knowledge and experience in education. Her expertise in teaching, training, administration and advising at different levels of the education sector, over 40 years, together with her passion for language and literacy has enabled her to spearhead many reading, language and literacy teacher development initiatives in South Africa. One such initiative is the setting up of nine provincial and one national English/ African language teacher associations.

Among her qualifications, she holds two Masters degrees focusing on areas of second language acquisition and a doctorate in education focusing on language preferences and policy implementation in rural commercial farm communities in South Africa.