Simona is Validity’s Litigation Director. Simona is an attorney at law licensed with the Bucharest Bar Association since 2004. Prior to joining Validity in 2021, Simona has worked as a researcher and lecturer in international children’s rights at the Leiden University in The Netherlands. Simona has also worked for four years at the European Court of Human Rights, in Strasbourg.  

Simona has worked for over 15 years in human rights and she has focused extensively on litigating for equal rights. Her aim at Validity is support persons with disabilities in their litigation initiatives and to further mainstream the standards of the United Nations Convention on The Rights of Persons with Disabilities into the judgments of national and international judicial bodies.