Tessa, a Dutch national currently residing in Singapore, is a qualified social worker with a specialization in child protection policies and systems. She has over 25 years of experience, with 20 of them in Asia. She joined Hope and Homes for Children in 2018. Prior to that, Tessa was the lead advisor on UNICEF Myanmar’s Alternative Care project in 2013 and 2014. As a senior associate at Maestral International, she was involved in the development of the first case management system (with a focus on child protection) for Myanmar. As the international social work advisor for Friends International, Tessa developed child protection policies and social work training manuals. She has also developed case management systems, led social work trainings, facilitated the strengthening of child protection policies, and managed and implemented several child protection projects in Nepal, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, and Myanmar. She has also assisted OXFAM and Terre des Hommes, as well as many other organizations.