Associate Professor in social work, University of Malta. Her lecturing centres around social work theory and practice and social work supervision. Her research focuses on the practice and experience of social work supervision however she is also interested in social work education and in the development of the social work profession in Malta. She has published in these areas amongst others and from a personal perspective about live kidney donation. She served as the first Dean of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta and as Head of the Department of Social Policy and Social Work for a number of years. She is Rector’s Delegate for Student Wellness and has been one of the Sexual Harassment Advisors at the University of Malta since 1994.