Ms. Kandri is a project manager for Partnerë për Fëmijët (Partners for Children) with over eight years of experience in managing and monitoring child focused, human trafficking and gender-based violence projects, training, capacity building, community mobilization, monitoring, evaluation, research and advocacy. She holds a degree in Social Work from the University of Tirana. Ms. Kandri has managed EU funded projects and others addressing inclusion for ethnic minority children and children with disabilities in education, child rights, gender discrimination and the challenges of Meeting Interests prevention and reintegration of school dropouts. She also manages an internship program that mentors and guides students who have recently graduated to undertake the role of teaching assistants to children with disabilities in mainstream schools. Ms. Kandri is a competent training developer and facilitator and uses participatory and practical methods to enable participants to learn through experience and practice and reflection on their daily work. During her Fellowship year, she would like to strengthen her capacity and skills in human rights advocacy, lobbying, public speaking and leadership skills.