Originally trained and practiced as a teacher I later became an economist specialized in nonprofit management, education and culture, nonprofit marketing and PR. I started dealing with rights of the child issues in 1989 and has specialized in students’ rights and parents’ rights, with focus on education in the past 22 years. She has been involved in international education and social topics including equity and inclusion, school leadership, parental engagement, child participation, lifelong learning, the prevention of early school leaving and youth unemployment, reconciling family life and work, and the importance of developing key competences.