Izabela Kolodziej is a Policy Officer at the European Union’s diplomatic service – European External Action Service (EEAS), managing the EU relations with Tajikistan. She has worked in the EU institutions since 2017 in various capacities, including in Policy Coordination and Russia division at the EEAS and as an International Aid Coordinator for Moldova at the European Commission. Izabela graduated from bachelor’s degree in Politics and East European Studies from University College London in 2013 and from master’s degree in Global Affairs at Yale University in 2015. She has lived and studied in Poland, the UK, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, Belgium and the US and enjoys traveling and art.