Short CV

She studied at the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and graduated in 1994. Soon after, she has been a forester in the forest services of Macedonia, Samos and Crete. In 1996 she worked also as the head of air-transport firefighting forces in Attica.

Her love for the natural environment brought her in contact with the Museum of Natural History of Crete, with which she collaborated for the first time in 1997 as a volunteer at its temporary exhibition in Chania.

She also worked with contract in the first permanent exhibition of NHMC in Heraklion in 1998. After 2001 she participated in various research and applied programs of NHMC. In 2004, as a Forester of the Forest Department of the Region of Crete, she collaborated with MFIK, implementing actions for the protection of bearded vultures and biodiversity in Crete, within the Life-Nature 2002 program.

She has been working at the exhibition of NHMC as an educator and tour guide since 2010. At the same time, she has been a member of the museum’s pedagogical team for the design and implementation of educational programs and other public awareness raising and science popularization actions. She loves to inspire and guide children in construction, painting and crafts inspired by the natural environment.

She participated in various conferences and workshops, speaks fluent English and some Russian.