Therese is a passionate educator with a 20-year career as a secondary school teacher and Head of Department. Therese has worked in emergency education since 2005 and has worked with the NRC in East Timor, South Sudan, Lebanon, Myanmar and Syria. Therese’s current work focuses on providing strategic technical advice and support to NRCs teams working across six countries in the Middle East, to provide access to quality education opportunities for children and youth.