JGF Amplified22 Dec 2022

Humans of JGF: Amy Underwood and Siwaphiwe Sibeko

Meet Amy Underwood and Siwaphiwe Sibeko, Senior Programme Officers at JGF. Amy loves working with people to maximize their potential. Her career has been centred around education and development. She completed a Master in Education at the University of Cape Town and during this time spent six months in Finland on an international programme studying their education model. She was a high school teacher for eight years, became a Programme Officer at Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, and then transitioned into her role at JGF.

Learn more: https://www.jgfellowship.org/our-staff/#54a85e9751f088853

Siwaphiwe “Siwa” Sibeko is an advocate for multilingualism, inclusivity, and expression in different spaces. Siwaphiwe is also a firm believer in education and social justice. Holding a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Social Anthropology, Environment and Geographical Sciences, Hons in Social Anthropology and currently finishing Master in MA Linguistics. Her previous work includes being a liaison officer, academic administrator, community developer, researcher, teaching assistant, student coach and mentor. Siwa is currently a Senior Programme Officer at JGF.

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