Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Jill is the Founder and CEO of Yatilink Youth Development Center (Yatilink), an organisation that embodies the resources she wished she had received before leaving SOS Children’s Villages, an orphanage based in Lusaka, Zambia.
Jill is a Sociologist and Human Development Practitioner. She holds a Bachelor of Social Science in Sociology and Gender Studies and an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Jill recently submitted her PhD in Sociology, which examined key factors contributing to sustained father involvement among unmarried fathers in South Africa.
Jill has over 8 years of work experience in youth engagement and development within the higher education system. She has served as a Mentorship Programme Coordinator, Tutor Coordinator, Curriculum Advisor, Researcher and Teaching Assistant among many other vital roles at the University of Cape Town.
Outside academia and work, Jill is a fitness fanatic who loves running. Using her lived experiences as an orphaned youth, academic accomplishments and work experience, Jill is confident in leading a dynamic interdisciplinary team of young professionals in closing the gap between the orphanages and the outside world to ensure lifelong success for orphaned youths in Zambia.
