Milla joined INTRAC in November 2018 as the Training Co-ordinator (maternity cover), and is based at our head office in Oxford. In this role, she coordinates the day-to-day running of online and face-to-face open training courses, providing administrative and logistical assistance to the training team.
Originally from Northern Finland, Milla moved to the UK in 2011 to take a degree in Childhood, Culture and Education at the University of Birmingham. She stayed on to complete a Masters degree in International Studies in Education and International Development at the same university.
Milla is passionate about children’s rights, and wrote her master’s thesis on children’s participation. She has volunteered with Oxfam in the UK, and with Volunteer West Africa (now Partner West Africa) in Ghana.