Karen Hecht - Junior Lecturer

Karen began her career in hospitality by working on a kibbutz in Israel, catering to 700 people every day.

In 2003, Karen enrolled to study a BCom Hospitality Management Degree at Stenden University (then EISS). She then completed her internship as a hostess in a lodge located in the lower Zambezi valley in Zambia. For two years after this she was manager/chef at a bush Restaurant near Port Alfred. She then applied for the position of junior lecturer at Stenden University; the position she has filled for the last two years. Karen has completed a diploma from  the Cape Wine Academy.

She is currently studying towards her MBA in Tourism Development Management with MANCOSA.