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Vasia Aletra

Project Coordinator

Vasia is a Project Coordinator at WHEN. She holds a degree from the Department of Biological Applications and Technology at the University of Ioannina and a Master’s Degree in Science, Technology and Society Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, with a focus on the intersection of Science and Gender. She is the creator of the HER Academia podcast, which explores scientific issues through a feminist lens and has been awarded funding by the British Council.

With four years of experience providing career counseling services, she has participated as a speaker in career days and online seminars focused on professional empowerment. She also has extensive volunteer experience in gender equality initiatives, including the Womentors program, where she contributed to the professional and financial empowerment of women. Additionally, she has spoken at the WOW Athens Festival on the topic of mansplaining in science and has moderated a panel on ecofeminism.

At WHEN, her goal is to contribute to the team’s vision and work toward a world where every woman and every girl has the opportunity to become whom she can and wants to be.