Melinda Norris Mdluli has served as the Administrative Assistant to the MCC Area Directors of Southern Africa and as the Administrator of Africa Peacebuilding Institute (API) for two years now. She holds a dual B.A. in Peacebuilding & Development and Environmental Science from Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in Virginia, USA, as well as a B.A. Honours in International Relations from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. Melinda has spent most of her time outdoors organizing environmental campaigns and educational outreaches as a representative on the Virginia Student Environmental Coalition (VSEC) and EMU’s Creation Care Council. She has over five years of environmental leadership experience, engaging and educating communities on the natural world around them both as a social club president and as a youth camp director. She is passionate about the intersections of faith, environmental education and conflict transformation. In 2015, Melinda volunteered with MCC as a Peace Club Coordinator in South Africa, a country she now calls her home. As API Administrator, Melinda is an active member of its Advisory Committee as well as the MCC Africa Peace Network (MAPN).