Avivit Cherrington is an educational psychologist with expertise in community development and system-level programmes for mental health and well-being. She is currently an independent consultant and a Research Associate with Nelson Mandela University, supervising postgraduate students aligned to the Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation (CriSHET). She was senior lecturer and BEdHonours Programme Co-ordinator at School of Education, STADIO Private Higher Education and has consulted to various private education institutions on curriculum reviews and research capacity development. Her research has focused on understanding and fostering well-being and hope from an Afrocentric lens, as well as promoting critical thinking and engaged humanising pedagogy in teacher education programmes to foster future teachers who are agents of transformative social change. She served two consecutive terms as Chair of the Community and Social Psychology (CaSP) Division and is currently the Deputy-Chair.