Theckla is a broadcast journalist and Producer for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) based in Port Moresby. Theckla has covered major news events on international security, politics and the region in her ten years of experience. 

Prior to joining the ABC, Theckla was an online journalist at Inside. The highlight of her career at ABC was producing a Foreign Correspondent documentary in the Sepik Region. 

Theckla believes the key to a strengthened Australia-Papua New Guinea relationship is youth advocacy and empowerment.