Alina Leon-Kozenko

Biography

Alina Leon currently supports the Global Government Partnerships team at Coursera by establishing relationships with governments far and wide. Since joining Coursera, Alina has directly engaged in the launch of multiple large scale programs that have had a tremendous impact in preparing citizens for the future of work. 

Specialising in the early stages of these program launches, Alina has advised more than thirty ministries of ICT across the world on the best approaches to delivering skills-first learning

Outside of her role at Coursera, Alina is an active contributor to the Chatham House Common Futures Conversations project. Within this project, she engages in an international exchange between policymakers and young community leaders from Europe and Africa. The project focuses on exploring a range of key global challenges, namely education and technology, inequality, and climate change. As part of this exchange, Alina participates in Chatham House events and shares ideas and solutions with high-level policymakers to contribute to actionable policy discussions. 

Before joining Coursera, Alina personally supported New Zealand Member of Parliament, Honourable Jenny Salesa, at the Ministry of Education by exploring the adoption of technology to innovate the nation’s education system. Her research focused on identifying next steps in delivering excellent and equitable outcomes for an increasingly diverse workforce. 

Alina holds a BA in Arabic and International Relations from The School of Oriental and African Studies. In addition to Arabic, Alina speaks fluent Russian and Spanish.