Vassia Kossiva studied Chemical Engineering in the National Technical University of Athens. She has worked for many years as a Coordinator of Educational and European Programmes in the field of Adult Education and Non-formal Education. She has participated in the project teams of various Erasmus Plus and Lifelong Learning Programme collaborations and she also works as a translator of books/ articles on sociopolitical issues from English and Italian to Greek. She is a long-time organiser of non-formal, grassroots groups, events and initiatives in the issues of feminism and social/political rights. She is a parent by international adoption and currently the President of the Board of Directors of the adoptive parents’ association “Pelargos - association of friends of the mixed family”. She is part of the “it could be me - it could be you” project team since 2019.