Penny has worked predominately in youth sector and workforce development, Māori development and Restorative Justice. Throughout all of her mahi she utilises the outcomes and approaches of the PYDA, whether working with young people or with adults.
Currently Penny works for the Youth Development Champions Project in project and training development, as well as delivering the PYDA training. She has been a Restorative Justice Facilitator since 2009, specialising in cases that involve young people or whānau Māori. Penny also contracts as an individual or group supervisor, and in various facilitation and project roles.
Penny has previously worked in Māori student development at the University of Canterbury, and in youth sector development for Rerenga Awa. She lives in New Brighton with her whānau, and volunteers on the Governance Board for her local community preschool.
