With a career spanning over 15 years as a human rights lawyer and advocate, Alexandra brings a wealth of expertise to her role. Based in Berlin, she has worked at the Open Society Foundations, where her focus encompassed grantmaking and capacity building within the Eurasia region. Her leadership extended to initiatives addressing human rights, the protection of rights activists, challenges of digital authoritarianism, and programming around closed societies. Before that, Alexandra served at the Open Society Justice Initiative in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. In this capacity, she specialized in utilizing legal strategies to combat torture in Central Asia. Her responsibilities included strategic litigation at the national level, international advocacy, the development and submission of complaints to UN Treaty Bodies and UN Special Procedures, and litigation for the implementation of decisions issued by UN Treaty Bodies at the local level. Alexandra was part of several inter-ministerial working groups and contributed by providing regional and international experience. In addition to her work in these organizations, Alexandra has worked for the Danish Refugee Council on matters related to the right to adequate housing and has also shared her expertise as a lecturer at the American University of Central Asia. She speaks English, Russian and German.