Patronus: Cat.
Favorite Quote: Draco Dormines nunquam titlandus (“never tickle a sleeping dragon” – Motto of Hogwarts).

Nino is a queer feminist socialist and data geek from Tbilisi, Georgia. Since 2013 Nino worked at Taso Foundation – Women’s Fund and Memory Research Center in Georgia as the Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Development Officer. For nearly 6 years she focused on the development of community philanthropy with leadership of rural and indigenous women and young girls in conflict affected areas of Georgia. Over the last year, she coordinated the research on women’s/feminist movement in Georgia. For 4 years now she has been working as external MEL consultant for a number of organizations in Eastern and Central Europe. She has years of experience in youth work and non-formal education at socialist & youth lead organizations. Nino is an Alumna of Robert Bosch Stiftung & MitOst e.V. and was coordinating local alumni ecosystem in Georgia. She studied Sociology and Gender at Tbilisi State University. In her spare time Nino likes cooking for/ with friends and playing board games, spending time with her two cats – Anne and Maru, attending documentary film festivals and reading National Geographic.