Fíona is a highly experienced educator with both national and international teaching experience and has held a range of leadership positions, including serving as Principal of a primary school. She completed her primary degree in Communication Studies at Dublin City University (DCU), followed by a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (Primary), during which she received a first-class result in her final teaching practice in Gaelscoil settings. She later completed a Master’s in Intercultural Education and Leadership and holds an Advanced Diploma in Education Law from the Honorable Society of King’s Inns. Her professional practice is strongly grounded in inclusion, social justice, and intercultural perspectives, and she continues to draw on these foundations in her teaching, supervision, and research. Fíona’s research interests include inclusion and diversity; educational leadership; and international, intercultural, and intersectional perspectives on children’s rights to, in, and through education. She has published in the International Journal of Early Years on play-based pedagogy in Irish primary classrooms (Disrupting the Aistear hour: working towards a play-based curriculum in early childhood classrooms in Irish primary schools). She has also collaborated with Children’s Books Ireland (CBI) and Dr. Margaret Kernan on Share a Story, an intergenerational reading guide for children aged 0–12. Launched during Global Intergenerational Week 2023, the guide highlights stories that foster meaningful connections between young and old, supporting families and educators in facilitating rich, age-diverse reading experiences. Fíona is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Education, where her work continues to explore inclusion, children’s rights, ethical practice, and intercultural perspectives within initial teacher education.