Simona holds an Erasmus Mundus MA in Gender and Women studies from the Central European University (Budapest) and University of Oviedo (Oviedo), an MA in Politics, Gender and Minorities studies and a BA in Political Science from the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration (Bucharest). Additionally, she has also performed and directed the Vagina Monologues play, a play that delves into consensual and nonconsensual sexual experiences, body image, genital mutilation, direct and indirect encounters with reproduction, sex work, and several other topics through the eyes of women of various ages, races, sexualities, etc.

She is a former Human Rights and Solidarity Coordinator for European Students’ Union at the Central European University’s Human Rights Initiative. In 2015, she was appointed the Humanitarian Aid Coordinator for the Refugee Task Force Team at Central European University and was awarded at the Romani Gala Women – Human Rights Activism category – 2015 edition. More recently she has served as a Monitoring and Evaluating Expert within the “Împreună“ Agency.