Our Staff and Board are interdisciplinary and multi-skilled, but most importantly we are compassionate and dedicated to anti-racist and anti-oppressive practice. Read more about us below! Our list of staff is based on teams; running from Early Years up through the ages to our Bright Choices project. Click each photo to read their full bio.
Chief Executive Officer
Ethelinda Lashley-Scott
Ethelinda Lashley-Scott has spent over two decades shaping Scotland’s creative and social impact landscape, br...
Practice Educator Manager & Coordinator
Rania Qussasi
Rania is MCFB’s Practice Education Manager & Coordinator. She heads up our student programme.
Business Operations Coordinator
Elizabeth Hampson
Elizabeth is the Business Operations Coordinator at MCFB. She supports her colleagues by managing the day to d...
Project Worker
Maddie Fernando
Hi, my name is Maddie! I am Sri Lankan and Italian and I have lived in Edinburgh since 2020. I have a Postgrad...
Project Leader
Isabelle Mercadante
Isabelle is a qualified Social Worker and joined MCFB in 2013, working within the Early Years Service, after s...
Project Worker
Heather Tuffery
Heather is an experienced art therapist and an Early Years Project Worker. She enjoys working with individual...
Project Leader
Muhanad Al Jama
Originally from Syria – I came to Scotland in 2020 after living in Greece and Germany. I am passionate a...
Project Worker
Nurul Romizan
Nurul Batrisyia is a Malaysian who’s recently moved to Edinburgh for higher education. She holds a BSc in Psyc...
8+ Project Leader
Hannah Kearns
Hannah first came to MCFB as a student social worker in May 2019 and stayed on as a volunteer for the Mosaic P...
Project Worker
Carol Chan
Carol is an experienced educator in early years and special needs who has dedicated over 25 years to supportin...
Project Worker
Beth Shields
Beth is a qualified social worker who graduated in 2024. Her background mainly consists of working alongside c...
