Ms. Refiloe Malesa received her national Diploma in Veterinary technology in 2011, a BTech degree in 2014 and subsequently a Master’s degree in 2020. Currently she is enrolled in a PhD in Life Sciences at the University of South Africa and due to submit her final thesis this year. She has worked at various veterinary laboratories were she acquired skills in Serology, Parasitology, Clinical Pathology, Molecular biology, Virology and Microbiology. She currently works at the ARC-OVR as a Researcher Scientist were she is involved in research and diagnostics, she has written and co-authored in a number of articles. Within the OVR-TAD laboratory, she is also involved in capacity building of laboratories where she trains scientists and veterinarians from various African countries on the different methods they employ within the Transboundary animal disease programme. She also has a keen interest in Quality Management systems, she works as a SANAS technical assessor on part-time basis.