Ms Mariosa Caruana is an educator and advocate for environmental and social justice, with over ten years of experience spanning formal science education, non-formal adult education, research, and community-based transformative spaces.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education, specialising in Biology, and has taught science and biology at both secondary and post-secondary levels. She also holds a Master’s degree in Education for Sustainable Development, for which her participatory action research explored the potential of intergroup dialogue to support community development and amplify the voices of individuals with and without lived experiences of homelessness.
Ms Mariosa currently serves as a Research Support Officer within the UNESCO Chair for Global Adult Education team. She has contributed to research in the fields of Education for Sustainable Development, housing discrimination, migration, and integration, employing both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
With over ten years of experience in the voluntary sector, Ms Mariosa is a board member of the NGO Right to Smile, where she supports international projects and promotes effective and meaningful volunteering.
As Awareness Raising, Outreach and Reconciliation Coordinator at Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), Ms Mariosa contributed to the development of educational resources and workshops and facilitated reconciliation and conflict-sensitivity programmes at local and international levels. Her work included collaboration with JRS teams in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Her work focuses on fostering just relationships between different migrant groups, as well as between migrants and non-migrants, and on championing the role of education and community in driving social change.
Ms Mariosa is also the co-founder and President of the Malta Association of Professionals in Education for Sustainable Development (mapESD), where she advocates for the professional recognition and development of Education for Sustainable Development at all levels.
