Born in 1974. Komárom-Esztergom and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. PhD in Social Anthropology, 2004- University College of London, Wenner Gren Scholar. MA in Society and Politics, 1998-2001 University College of London, Department of Anthropology, M.Phil., BA in English, Berzsenyi Dániel College, Szombathely, Hungary, 1995-1998. Ethnographic field research on assimilation tendencies of Roma in Hungary 2000-2002, Sociological research among Roma students of Gandhi Gimnázium, Hungary 1998-2001. Member of Young Global Leaders (Forum of Young Global Leaders and the World Economic Forum), Board Member of Roma Education Fund, Member of High Level Group of Roma Diplomacy Program, Board Member of European Roma Information Office. 2006 MEP award, Justice and Fundamental Rights category, 2010 Romanian Foreign Ministry's Excellency Award for the Social Integration of Minorities, 2011 Presidential Order of Merit of Hungary. MEP from 2004 to 2014 and again since 2017.