Nikita is a Senior Policy Officer at European Youth Forum. She specialises in access to social rights and the future of work and has authored a report on the topic. Nikita has been working on inclusion and human rights for many years, including at Making the Leap, where she assisted in the running of employability programmes for youth from marginalised and vulnerable backgrounds in London. Prior to joining the Youth Forum in January 2018, she worked on EU advocacy for Norwegian Refugee Council and Save the Children. Nikita is a graduate of Development Studies from the University of Sussex.