Samanta Brahaj is an Albanian-Italian undergraduate student pursuing a bachelor's degree in Political, Social, International Sciences at the University of Bologna, where she serves as International Student Ambassador and is a Marketing and Communications Department member of Una Europa. She is also active outside of the academic community. She is a Communications Officer at the European Student Think Tank, a Geopolitical Analyst for I.A.R.I (Istituto Analisi Relazioni Internazionali), a Campaigner for the European Parliament project Together.eu and has previously been an Event Moderator and Co-planner at the United Nations ECOSOC Youth Forum. With a wide range of international experiences which took her from the European Parliament to the United Nations, she aims to bring and include the voices of marginalised groups of society- specifically youth, immigrants, women- to the most important political institutions and focuses on Eastern Europe/Balkans, where her origins lie.