Mary’s work has been deeply influenced and guided by the principles of Dialogue Education for over 20 years. Mary is currently working as an independent consultant. She received the 2019 Dory Storms Child Survival recognition award from CORE Group (as did GLP founder Dr. Jane Vella in 2012!), for her leadership in increasing collaboration and transparency within the community of practice. She has a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of North Carolina, in the Department of Health Behavior. Mary is a recognized leader in Social and Behavior Change and loves to demystify complex topics and develop user-friendly materials and workshops for NGO staff and front-line practitioners. She especially enjoys working with communities to discover and take ownership of their own solutions to perplexing problems such as persistent, harmful social norms. She is a skilled facilitator and trainer and an expert workshop designer and curriculum writer. She is fluent in Spanish and can read and facilitate in it with ease.
Mary values curiosity, co-creation and critical thinking, and is always seeking to learn more about what motivates and sustains positive change, equity and justice.
