Athina Frantzana – EDI Training and Delivery Lead

As WISE’s EDI Training and Delivery Lead, Athina brings her extensive expertise to ensure the seamless delivery of impactful training sessions and workshops that are carefully tailored to meet the specific needs of our members. She  also oversees the consistent excellence of webinars, events, content, and products, maintaining the highest quality and relevance.

Athina has a STEM background (Geoscience and Planetary Physics) and has worked as a lab researcher and teaching assistant. Driven by her passion for equity, diversity and inclusion in STEM, she pursued a pioneering PhD degree that laid the groundwork for understanding the representation and experiences of women within the advanced computing community, which then led to other relevant projects as a Research Associate at the University of Edinburgh.

Athina is also deeply committed to outreach and mentorship. She serves as a trustee for a charitable organisation dedicated to promoting coding among young people, and as Chair of the New Voices in Space group which champions careers in Space. She has initiated and contributed to several award-winning public engagement and outreach projects, working to make STEM accessible to everyone, regardless of their background or demographics.

In her free time, she enjoys travelling with her husband and dogs, volunteering in community projects, practising martial arts, and learning new things like foreign languages, musical instruments, and crafting techniques.