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My experience is in political journalism, media relations, policy communication, public diplomacy, strategic planning, and knowledge management with a focus on online communication and the coordination of complex international outreach programmes in emerging and developing countries on the main cooperation issues, and 25 years experience in journalism/writing. Since I believe our greatest common challenge is restoring the environmental balance, I am engaged in the EU funded Global Climate Change Alliance Plus, one of the largest initiatives to build climate resilience in the most vulnerable countries, and in the Forest for Future Facility that contributes to healthy forest ecosystems and Forest Partnerships in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America.

I run Hong Kong's only alternative international school (founded 2005) and we have made SDG/2030 Agenda-oriented sustainability education a big part of our learning options, launching to coincide with the UN 75th anniversary. Our older students (16-18 years) are mentored through social initiative start ups within an SDG context. On 18th September 2021 we launched the first Youth Ambassador Asia Pacific Programme in partnership with UNITAR. With this group in particular, we are implementing Bonnici & Rayner's Systems Work of Social Change and will feed back to their research. I have taught Geography for over 25 years and this is the first I am seeing youth action being realised into impactful, organisational processes. We deliberately identify potential changemakers and mentor them on the basis of creating scaled impact through seeding their ideas, building replicability and facilitating their network of collaborations. 

Very interested in learning from/collaborating with anyone with an interest in how youth can play an ever more important and explicit role in bottom-up, community-level social initiatives that address the development issues which form the basis of their lived experience.

My Vision is simple; I want to see others succeed! I am a creative problem-solver who enjoys applying my gifts to help others live with less resistance, more efficiency, and greater effectiveness in all areas of their lives. I have a passion for Green Economies in which all people and the planet are valued. I hold a Master's in Business Administration and am a registered Global Chartered Management Accountant. 

MAPPA works on the interaction between planning for the sustainable development of cities and regions and the preservation of cultural and environmental heritage.

The firm and its partners contribute with experience in more than 250 cities and municipalities across Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Uruguay and the United States.

MAPPA's practice has focused on urban, regional and environmental planning, climate change, economic and infrastructure development, urban design and management, heritage districts and sites preservations and built environment assessments.