Rachel Tallon is interested in development studies and critical thinking in education, and currently works as a tutor in the Bachelor of Youth Development course in Weltec/ Whitireia, New Zealand. Rachel was a research assistant at Victoria University of Wellington from 2014-2017 and is now a co-director of Right Place Resources. Rachel has published widely on topics of international development, child sponsorship and youth perceptions on NGOs, and has produced resources for alternative ways of thinking for educators and schools which challenge how society addresses international development.