IDF Europe was pleased to welcome three new interns in July, who joined Maartje Roskams, who is supporting the YOURAH group, in the office.
Maartje Roskams is a 23-year-old graduate in pedagogy, from Belgium. She is a third-year nursing student, who is passionate about advocating at a European level for key policy changes concerning diabetes awareness-raising and risk-reduction initiatives. Within IDF Europe, Maartje is in charge of YOURAH and the Youth Programme, to which as a young person living with Type 1 diabetes, she feels particularly connected. Maartje is also a member of the IDF Global Young Leaders in Diabetes Programme.
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Lisa Dolan will be responsible for IDF Europe’s communications activities, with a focus on IDF Europe’s advocacy work. Lisa holds a BA in European Studies from Trinity College Dublin, where she also volunteered to fundraise for Trinity Alumni & Development. In her last year in college, she was also the Chairperson of Trinity TV, the student-run online TV Channel of Trinity College. As well as English, Lisa is also fluent in German and has a good working knowledge of Spanish.
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Mathilde Marcel holds a Master’s Degree in International Law and EU Affairs from French-based Clermont Auvergne University. Within IDF Europe, she will be supporting all advocacy activities. Prior to joining IDF Europe, Mathilde was a policy analyst at EU think tank, EU Logos Athena, where she was in charge of the management of the “digital policies” portfolio, and also drafted a series of articles, position papers and briefings. Mathilde is fluent in French and English and is an intermediate user of Chinese and Spanish.
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A graduate in Philosophical Sciences from the University of Padua, Simona Vitali will be responsible for IDF Europe’s communication activities, alongside Lisa. Simona has experience in communication from a previous internship at SOLVAY, where she assisted in the creation of online content and in the organisation of events, most notably workshops. She has a passion for culture and knowledge. Simona is fluent in both Italian and English, and has a basic knowledge of French.
You can meet the full IDF Europe team here. |