As a midwife and nurse, Tachawet Salilih has worked as a clinical care provider, lecturer, midwife adviser, master trainer, program and project manager within her home country of Ethiopia. She has an advanced diploma in midwifery, bachelor of sciences in nursing, and a master’s in sociology. Tachawet has extensive working experience in pre-service education program improvement, programs strengthening midwives’ and nurses’ competencies, and writing technical documents.