I have an integrated background in social development; heritage, arts and culture; and media and communications. I hold a BA Hons in Creative Writing and an MA in the Sociology of Development. My passion for the natural environment has also seen me acquire a Field Guide Association of SA (FGASA) Level I Nature Guide qualification. I have high-level research, writing, conceptual, analytical, creative development and project, general and executive management skills. I have strong skill and experience in the management and development of communications for all media, including print, radio, web and television. My writing experience spans news, features and op-ed writing; speechwriting; copywriting; scriptwriting for film and television; and research and report writing. I have fulfilled the content development roles of writer, editor, commissioning editor and creative director in a variety of capacities. I am a founding director of the award winning The Fietas Festival, a community cultural initiative to reclaim the heritage of my birthplace that was destroyed by the apartheid Group Areas Act. Among other projects innovated and managed through The Fietas Festival has been a community heritage trail and heritage property conservation efforts. In this capacity I was appointed consortium advisor to the Johannesburg Development Agency’s public art urban upgrade in Pageview/Vrededorp and Fordsburg in 2010/11, which produced Johannesburg’s largest public artwork. I also led The Fietas Festival in organising the Fordsburg Film Festival under the umbrella of the Jo’burg Arts Alive International Festival in 2011. In 2019, I organised and curated ‘’On Main Road’’, an art exhibition addressing themes of inequality, inclusion/exclusion, borders and boundaries, at Constitutional Hill to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation. In 2024 I was nominated for the Road Ethics Project’s Thami Radebe Road Heroes Award for the innovative ''I Don’t Bribe'' windscreen decal campaign, aimed at motorists and law enforcement officials to oppose corruption and its enablement.