Mabelle Palat has an MA in Psychology from Annamalai University, post which she trained to be a certified counsellor, as well as completing her further training in Child and Adolescent counselling at Parivarthan. She then trained as a certified Special Educator for Children with learning disabilities at the Spastics Society of Karnataka, Bangalore. Mabelle has been part of the Parivarthan family for 20 years and President of the Executive Committee since 2015. She currently also volunteers as a counsellor and special educator for children at Poorna Prajnya Institute in Bangalore. Mabelle is a mother of 5 children and has always had a love of working and educating children and young adults.