Noah Mbano

The Rev'd Dr Noah Mbano is the current Priest in Charge of St Aidan's Anglican Parish of Jarrahdale Serpentine in the Diocese of Perth Metro  in Western Australia. He is also the School Chaplain of Court Grammar Anglican School in the same rea.  Before this appointment Fr Noah was a Curate and Assisting Priest at St Georges Anglican Cathedral in the Perth City.  As a background, he was born in Zimbabwe where he worked as a teacher, journalist and banker until 2003 when he came migrated to Australia to work as an English teacher in the South West.  After 12 years working in the Department of Education teaching in remote and metro Western Australia,   he spent the next eight years as a university lecturer at Curtin University and the University of Southern Queensland. He holds post graduate certificates in Divinity (Grief, Loss and Suffering) and Education (TESOL), a master's degrees in education (ESL), and  a master's degree in Theological studies (MTS), as well a PhD in the Philosophy of Education (Applied linguistics) from Curtin University. His research interests are in the area of Sociolinguistics, Culture and Cultural Adjustments, African background Refugees and linguistic adjustment, especially  how first languages and culture can affect second language learning (English).