Marjo Kyllönen works as the Development Service Director for the City of Helsinki. Helsinki’s Education Division serves over 160,000 people at different stages on their learning journey, from early childhood education to adult education. Before this, she led the city’s Basic Education unit (grades 1-9) and worked as a primary school and early childhood education teacher. Kyllönen has a PhD in Education and a Master’s degree in primary and early childhood education. She serves on various national committees focusing on core curriculums, student welfare, and learning assessments. BBC named her Educator of the month in Dec 2015, and she has presented at TEDx talks in Hamburg and Vilnius. She is interested in multicultural issues and Future School concepts.