biography

Mary Louise Culpepper at the Senior Admissions Advisor at the Blavatnik School of Government.

Mary Louise began at the Blavatnik School of Government in 2017 as an Admissions Assessor, and in 2021 became Senior Admissions Advisor. In this role, she oversees the assessment of applications in order to help build the diverse cohorts of MPPs made up of exceptional changemakers.

Before joining the School she worked as an English teacher and in American secondary schools as well as international language learning environments in France, Germany and the USA. She has also served as a school governor for three schools in Italy and the UK. She has four children, who between them have attended fourteen different schools and universities across three continents, and she cherishes the time she spent full-time parenting through those experiences.

Mary Louise enjoys running, cooking, reading, and spending time with her family.