Speech-Language Therapist with +13 years of experience consulting and assessing a wide range of communication disorders, advocacy strategies and private-sector relations. Alumna of Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and UKZN with a proven track record of treating communication pathologies such as stroke and head injury in adults and elderly patients and early childhood development intervention in neonates and primary school children. Experience in teaching English to primary school children, and lecturing and clinically supervising tertiary students. Proactive, Innovative, and self-motivated. Keen understanding of, and interest in, global health policy, Ageing, laryngectomy management and health promotion.