About Me
Marli completed high school with a full scholarship at Crawford College. Excelling academically, she matriculated with distinctions, including the second highest mark in South Africa for her art practical final, due to her love for the subject.
Marli’s interest in sport was also evident throughout her school years and she earned many accolades. She obtained provincial colours in netball, swimming and biathlon. She also captained the Northern Transvaal Swimming Team, and represented South Africa at the Junior World Championships, where she achieved third Place in 100m and 200m Breaststroke, at the age of 14.
After school, Marli pursued her love for art and completed one year of Fine Arts studies at Stellenbosch University. She further completed a B.Com degree in Marketing, followed by a Post-Graduate Management Diploma in Marketing and Advertising Communications at the Red and Yellow School in Cape Town.
After completing her degrees she volunteered full-time for a year at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital, where she assumed a parenting role for neglected, abused and or abandoned terminally-ill children.
In 2010, Marli joined Little Ashford Preschool in Saxonwold, she was soon appointed as Principal of the school, and subsequently acquired equity in the group. Marli introduced technology into the classroom, making Little Ashford Preschool the first preschool in Africa to use Ipads as part of their curriculum. In 2012, Marli was selected for a scholarship programme by Goldman Sachs to complete part-time studies in entrepreneurship at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). After graduating from the course, Marli was selected by GIBS to act as a mentor for future students, which she does to date.
Marli is recognised in South Africa as an expert in the use of technology and iPads in the classroom, regularly teaching preschool educators, in collaboration with Think Ahead and the Core Group, Apple Inc’s exclusive representative in the region.
In 2013, Marli was invited to speak at the TEDx Women conference in Johannesburg, available here, on the importance of technology in the development of preschoolers.
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