Karen Walstra, independent educational consultant, promotes problem-solving, creative & critical thinking, incorporating digital tools, addressing educational transformation, assisting edu-organisations adapting to change, exploring strategic thinking. Conducts PD personalised sessions. Successful 29-year classroom teaching career (Gr. R-11). Director of Academics. Coordinated and trained on large-scale outreach programmes: St Stithians College’s Thandulwazi Teacher and Leader Development Programme (2005-2015). Acting Head of Thandulwazi Maths and Science Academy (8/2017-7/2018), Trainer and content developer of Click Foundation’s Learner Reading project (2012-2015). Worked for Google (2014 – 4/2017) Emerging markets “Education Go Digital” and ChromeOS Teams globally and across Sub-Saharan Africa. Part-time lecturer (University of Pretoria: 2017 to 2019). Holds Masters in Education: Educational Technology (University of Witwatersrand) & Doctor of Philosophy (PhD‌ ) Computer-integrated Education (University of Pretoria) researched educational Virtual Reality on teachers’ pedagogy Education, Training and Development Assessor and Moderator. Presented at local and international conferences on Educational Technology and Design and Technology.