Irina Nedeva is the chairman of AEJ-Bulgaria, member of the Management Board, journalist and author of documentaries with many years of professional experience in the public electronic media. She is a senior editor in the morning shows of the BNR program “Horizon”. She also has experience in independent film, television and radio projects. As a person who believes in the social importance of critical thinking and open public debate, she has been involved with the first independent Center for Culture and Debate “The Red House” since its founding in 2000. Her professional interests include topics such as social and political movements, post-communist development, art and activism, human rights, media freedoms, religious and minority rights, politics, history, the Cold War, and migration. In 2011-2012 she majored in the Fulbright Interstate Educational Exchange Program with the honor of Hubert Humphrey, former US Vice President and Senator from Minnesota, at the Philip Merill College of Journalism, University of Maryland, College Park.