Xanthe is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Life Course Health Research in the Department of Global Health at Stellenbosch University, and a consultant to the World Health Organization in Geneva. Her research spans early child development, mental health, disability studies, and public health monitoring and evaluation, largely focused on sub-Saharan Africa. Xanthe has a PhD in Psychology, and she is a 200 Young South African: https://200youngsouthafricans.co.za/xanthe-hunt-27/