Luvuyo Maseko is a youth development enthusiast and practitioner. He is the project manager of the youth innovation portfolio at the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship where his work seeks to support young people to transition to further opportunities in employment, entrepreneurship and education, through systems thinking. He holds an honors degree in Psychology and a pgdid in management specialising in Sports Management. Luvuyo is also currently completing his masters in Sports for Development and the University of the Western Cape. Luvuyo is the current chairperson of the steering committee of the Youth Development Collaboration Lab (YD Co-lab), a collaborative network of organisations and individuals working to advance youth development and empowerment in South Africa. He is passionate about developing and implementing effective programmes that allow youth have the freedom to be the authors of their own stories