Mountain Meri is a reflective writing space exploring leadership, power, and systems of change in Papua New Guinea.

I write at the intersection of lived experience, development practice, and critical reflection. My work is grounded in questions about how institutions actually function, how citizens navigate formal and informal systems, and how accountability and change emerge in real contexts, not just in theory.

Much of my writing is shaped by work with young leaders, civil society, and community-based initiatives. I am particularly interested in the space between structure and agency: how people work within constraints, reinterpret rules, and exercise power in ways that are often invisible to institutions.

This blog is not a set of answers. It is a thinking space, for asking better questions about leadership, governance, participation, and what “success” really means in complex systems.

Alongside analytical essays, I also share personal reflections and creative writing. These pieces sit intentionally beside my more formal work, reflecting the belief that insight, emotion, and experience are inseparable from how we understand change.

Mountain Meri is written for practitioners, students, and thinkers who care about institutions, citizens, and the everyday realities of power.