Rita Dias

Erasmus Student Network, Portugal

Rita is 28 and comes from the coast of Portugal. She has a bachelor's in Poli:cal Science and Interna:onal Rela:ons and a Master's in Public Policy. Rita did her Erasmus in Leuven, Belgium, and worked at the United States Embassy in Lisbon in 2018 and in the Poli:cal Observatory in the Associa:on for Poli:cal Studies and Scien:fical Research in 2020. She joined ESN in 2018 when she moved to Lisbon to start her master's. She held several posi:ons in the network, such as President of Portugal and Liaison Officer for Inclusive Mobility. As president, she is responsible for the general coordina:on of the organisa:on, external rela:ons, policy, and advocacy. Her main priori:es include increasing par:cipa:on in learning mobility and fostering civic engagement and par:cipa:on of young people through Erasmus.

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