Renata has been trained as an educator and finance manager in the Non for Profit Environment. She has been working in Tanzania, Botswana and South Africa. In South Africa she worked at Hillcrest Aids center in Durban and for the past 15 years as the financial manager at Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading - a Not for Profit Company that partners with communities in low income areas in South Africa to bring about change towards a safe and sustainable neighbourhoods by shifting the narrative from a culutre of violence to a culture of peace.