GweithiaElin Maherfel Cyfarwyddwr Cenedlaethol mudiad Rhieni Dros Addysg Gymraeg. Bu'n ymgynghorydd iaith ac addysg llawrydd ac y mae wedi cael amrywiol brofiadau yn gweithio yn y byd addysg ac o fewn maes datblygu cymunedol a chynllunio ieithyddol trwy gydol ei gyrfa, gyda’r Gymraeg a dwyieithrwydd yn graidd i’w gwaith. Gan gychwyn fel athrawes ieithoedd uwchradd, gweithiodd Elin yn y sector gynradd fel athrawes ddosbarth ac fel athrawes ymgynghorol yn ogystal. Mae hefyd wedi gweithio yn y maes addysg bellach ac uwch yn goruchwylio myfyrwyr addysg. Bu’n gweithio i fudiad Menter Iaith Casnewydd ac i Gyngor Bwrdeistref Torfaen. Mae’n enedigol o Gwm Tawe ond yn byw yng Nghasnewydd gyda’i theulu ers dros ugain mlynedd. Mae’n parhau i weithio’n ddyfal yn datblygu addysg Gymraeg a’r Gymraeg o fewn y gymuned yng Ngwent a thu hwnt drwy ei gwaith fel llywodraethwraig ysgol brofiadol ac aelod o fyrddau nifer o elusennau lleol a chenedlaethol.
Elin Maherworks as the National Director of RhAG, the organisation for Parents for Welsh-medium Education. She was a freelance language and education consultant and has had various experiences working in the world of education and within the field of community development and language planning throughout her career, with Welsh and bilingualism at the core of her work. Starting out as a secondary language teacher, Elin worked in the primary sector as a classroom teacher and also as an advisory teacher. She has also worked in further and higher education supervising education students. She worked for Menter Iaith Casnewydd and for Torfaen Borough Council. She was born in Cwm Tawe but has lived in Newport with her family for over twenty years. She continues to work diligently developing Welsh and Welsh-medium education within the community in Gwent and beyond through her work as an experienced school governor and a board member of a number of local and national charities.