Jeanne Haley is a founding member and director of Mpower, a KwaZulu-Natal based organisation working with vulnerable children and youth, with a particular focus on youth-headed households. In the format of individual and group workshops, Mpower collaborates with vulnerable children and youth in re-authoring their lives in a way that helps to free them from the problem-saturated stories of their past and present and to open the way for new possibilities. Jeanne has a Masters Degree in Psychology (UKZN). Her focus areas are narrative psychology, youth identities and community work. Jeanne has attended training in Narrative Therapy with psychologist and Narrative Therapist Dr Elize Morkel and training in facilitation and group work with psychologist and facilitator Dr Jude Clark as well as training and mentorship in Narrative Theatre by psyhologist and facilitator Prof. Yvonne Sliep (www.narrativefoundation.org). She has also attended Training for Transformation courses (www.trainingfortransformation.co.za) targeted at emerging community leaders and change agents.