Elizabeth Matilda is a community centred trained Anthropologist and Heritage Management Specialist, Writer, Educator, Researcher and Entrepreneur. She has over a decade exposure in heritage issues and capacity building in the 2003 Convention. Her interest and specialization go beyond Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding to include Heritage Tourism and Community Resource Development, World Heritage Issues, Illegal Trafficking of Cultural Objects, Repatriation Actions, Healing Mechanisms for Intergenerational Trauma and the complexities of the implementations of the UNESCO Conventions. She is currently with the University of Montana’s Anthropological Collections Facility (UMACF) as the Heritage Outreach Coordinator and ICH Specialist.