Academic Training
Four degrees spanning Ireland, Canada, and a doctoral specialisation in Women and Gender Studies.
University of Toronto · OISE
· Specialisation: Women and Gender Studies; Comparative and International Development Education
Dissertation: Ubuntu Womanism: Reclaiming Indigenous Leadership Among Zambian Women. Theorises African Indigenous women's community leadership through Ubuntu Womanism, an original framework developed through community-based participatory research with women elders in Zambia.
University of Winnipeg, Canada
· 2019–2020 University of Winnipeg Graduate Scholarship
Focus: Indigenous Rights; Disaster Risk Management; Indigenous Knowledge Systems; Qualitative Research.
All Hallows College, Dublin City University, Ireland
Ireland
Advanced study in community leadership, volunteer management, and social development in international contexts.
Kimmage Development Studies Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
Foundational training in international development theory, global justice, and community-based practice across African and Irish contexts.
Fellowships
Echidna Global Scholar Fellow
Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution
Competitive international fellowship supporting rights-based research on girls' education and Indigenous leadership in the Global South. Produced a Brookings policy brief and participated in high-level policy dialogues on Indigenous girls' leadership rights in rural Zambia.
African Studies Senior Doctoral Fellow
Africa Studies Centre, University of Toronto
Awarded for research excellence and mentorship in African and diasporic studies.