Prior to joining BIRN, Megi was a Researcher and Program Officer at the Institute for Democracy and Mediation for four years. She authored and contributed to a range of national and regional studies, policy papers, and legal analyses, focusing on governance, anti-corruption, civic space, human and digital rights, and the harmonisation of the EU digital acquis.
Earlier, while working with Civil Rights Defenders, an international human rights advocacy organisation, Megi supported initiatives aimed at protecting human rights defenders and journalists in Albania and the Western Balkans.
Megi holds a Master of Science in Public Law from the University of Tirana, where she also completed a Bachelor of Laws. In addition to her formal education, Megi has completed the Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship at Wake Forest University, and has also received intensive training with a specific focus on human and digital rights.
Along with her native Albanian, she speaks English and Italian.