MaeElin Maheryn ymgynghorydd iaith ac addysg llawrydd ers nifer o flynedd bellach. Mae wedi bod 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 fudiadau Rhieni Dros Addysg Gymraeg, Menter Iaith Casnewydd ac i Gyngor Bwrdeistref Torfaen. Mae’n enedigol o Gwm Tawe ond yn byw yng Nghasnewydd gyda’i theulu ers 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 Maherhas been a freelance language and education consultant for a number of years. She has worked in education and community development and language planning throughout her career, with the Welsh language and bilingualism at the heart of her work. Starting as a secondary language teacher, Elin worked in the primary sector both as a classroom teacher and as an advisory teacher. She has also worked in further and higher education supervising education students. Elin has worked for Rhieni Dros Addysg Gymraeg (Parents for Welsh Medium Education), Menter Iaith Casnewydd, and Torfaen Borough Council. Originally from the Swansea Valley, she has lived in Newport with her family for twenty years. She continues to work to develop the Welsh language and Welsh medium education within her community in Gwent and beyond through her work as an experienced school governor and board member of a number of local and national charities.