Aleksandra Semeriak Gavrilenok, graduated in Political Science and with a master’s degree in Migration Studies from the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, has developed her professional career in the non-profit sector, working on asylum, statelessness, migration, and human rights. She serves as the Vice Chair of Trustees of the European Network on Statelessness, Secretary of the Board of Directors of the United Nations Association of Spain, and Associate Lecturer at Esade Ramon Llull University.

Aleksandra was born in Latvia and grew up as a stateless person in Spain. Her personal experience and professional expertise motivated her to actively contribute to awareness raising, advocacy, capacity building, and community engagement activities on statelessness in Europe and Spain, in collaboration with the European Network on Statelessness and as a member of the stateless-led organizations Apatride Network and Statefree e.V.