Brenda Haiplik is the Regional Education Advisor for UNICEF in the Middle East and North Africa. She leads a team of education experts providing technical support to country offices across the region. Before working in MENA she was the Chief of Education at UNICEF Turkey managing a large education portfolio spanning the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. She also served as the Senior Education Advisor - Emergencies at UNICEF Headquarters. Dr. Haiplik has lived and worked in Canada, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Somalia, Jordan and Iraq. She has two decades of teaching, field work, policy/advocacy experience and has represented UNICEF at the global level on the INEE and the GCPEA Steering Groups. She also worked for Save the Children and BRAC and as a primary teacher in several contexts. Brenda holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum, Teaching and Learning (Specialization in Comparative, International and Development Education) from OISE at the University of Toronto.