Master of Education - Leadership and Management
Flinders University, SA
Marlene is from East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and studied a Masters of Education in Leadership and Management at Flinders University, South Australia. Alongside her recent studies, Marlene was a student representative for the South Australia PNG Students’ Association.
Marlene was a secondary school teacher for six years - teaching social science, business studies, and geography - before she decided to try something outside of the classroom. In 2011, she joined Live and Learn Environmental Education, where she held the roles of DFAT Sanitation Marketing Coordinator, DFAT Schools Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Coordinator, Education Program Coordinator, and European Union Training and Capacity Building Officer.
Marlene intends to use what she learns on this leadership program to enhance her leadership capacity. She aspires to become a role model for women and girls and mentor them to be agents of change. She would like to use the West New Britain community-based sanitation enterprise that she already is involved with to improve water, sanitation and hygiene for the women and girls in her community.
