Iva Simeonova joined our team as an intern in August 2026. She is starting her final year of her Master's in Governance of Sustainability in Leiden University. She is passionate about topics such as EU policies, environmental and climate governance and will be assisting our Secretariat with its policy monitoring, networking, administrative and communications tasks. Her previous experience includes working in transport and logistics where she learned how to be persistent and proactive, particularly when coordinating and working with different people from different parts of the world.