Marcella Mittens

Mar­cella Mittens

Mar­cella Mit­tens lives on the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena, where she works with­in the gov­ern­ment’s eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment port­fo­lio. After earn­ing her degree at Can­ter­bury Christ Church Uni­ver­sity in Eng­land in 2024, Mar­cella chose to return to the Brit­ish Over­seas Ter­rit­ory to con­trib­ute to shap­ing a tour­ism future for her people: cre­at­ing career oppor­tun­it­ies for young Saint Hel­eni­ans (‘saints’ as they are inform­ally known), open­ing mar­kets for the island’s dis­tinct­ive products, and invit­ing the world to exper­i­ence and appre­ci­ate the place she proudly calls home.