Ms Evangelia Choleva was born in Athens and she has been a teacher in Secondary Education since 2008. She is a Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Contemporary History of the Balkans in the Department of History and Archaelogy of the University of Athens. Ms Choleva has conducted research for several years and started her teaching career in the private sector where she worked for ten years, from 1997 to 2007. In 2008 she started teaching in state schools and she is currently a member of the teaching staff in "Gennadeion" Model School in Athens.