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Meet Dr Cecilia Erasmus

Dr Cecilia Erasmus is an HPCSA-Registered Counsellor and SACDA-designated Career Development Practitioner with 18+ years of experience supporting young people’s career development, emotional wellbeing, academic growth, and personal development. She has worked across South African public and private schools – first as an Afrikaans FAL educator, then as a counsellor and career development practitioner – and most recently as a school counsellor at an elite international school in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Cecilia is also a linguist with a PhD in Afrikaans and Dutch, someone who has lectured in Belgium and presented research internationally. She believes – deeply and without apology – that a life well-lived is not a straight line. And that conviction shapes everything she does with young people.

She offers assembly talks and grade-specific workshops for schools, dedicated sessions for educators, and talks and workshops that equip parents to walk this journey confidently alongside their children. Her presentations at school cover self-discovery, personal development, career exploration, and how to future-proof a career in an AI-driven world.

She works with young people aged 12–35 through individual and group sessions – online, in-person, and at schools. Using accredited psychometric assessments and evidence-based tools, she supports students with career development, subject choices, and university applications both locally and internationally. She has placed students at universities across South Africa, the US, the UK, Europe, Canada, Australia, and Asia.

Her greatest passion lies in walking alongside young people as they navigate the daily challenges of growing up – helping them discover who they are, what they are good at, and where they are going. It is her purpose to help every young person find theirs.

Beyond CreatU, Cecilia serves as a Director of Aligned, a South African non-profit committed to facilitating life skills & wellness training as well as career guidance for young people in under-resourced communities. It is the same work, extended to those who need it most.

She presents in both English and Afrikaans, bringing a global perspective to every young person she works with. She also wants every young person who walks through CreatU’s door to know: there is no single right path. There is only the path that is authentically, courageously yours.

PhD | HPCSA Registered Counselor | SACDA Career Development Practitioner | IACAC Member

Meet Carla Erasmus

Carla Erasmus chose early on to learn by doing. Rather than heading straight to university, she spent years saying yes to the world – and came back with a skillset that no single classroom could have given her.

Across 27 countries and counting, Carla has worked as a performer, educator, host, and entertainer – building real skills in communication, crowd management, crisis adaptability, and connecting with people across cultures and age groups. She has served as a Master of Ceremonies for a post-school private study selections roadshow, taught English online to adults in Chile, given singing lessons to students of all ages in Vietnam, performed in professional theatre productions, managed backstage logistics for large-scale shows, served as a trivia and games host on MSC cruise ships, and fronted an international jazz band. She holds an LTCL Musical Theatre Teachers Diploma, a TEFL certification, and certificates in maritime safety – including fire prevention, crowd management, and emergency first aid.

Closer to home, Carla serves as the Child Safety Officer at Aligned, a South African NPO committed to the career guidance of underprivileged children. This work reflects a conviction she carries into everything she does at CreatU: that children deserve environments where they feel genuinely safe, seen, and supported – and that the adults around them have a responsibility to make that possible.

What ties it all together is people. In every role, Carla found herself in front of someone who needed to feel seen, guided, or more confident – and that is exactly what brought her to co-found CreatU. She is now studying psychology, and aims to work with clients on the daily habits that quietly shape every future. Her approach is practical, sincere, and rooted in the belief that small shifts, done consistently, add up to lives people are genuinely proud of.

She also wants every young person who walks through CreatU’s door to know: university is one great path – and it is not the only one. What matters most is that the path you choose is yours.