Michaela Moua is the first EU Anti-Racism Coordinator. She held a number of senior roles in NGOs in her native Finland combatting racism and discrimination. For the last few years, she has worked at the Non-discrimination Ombudsman’s office and at the Ministry of Justice in Finland. She has extensive experience and expertise in combatting racism and ethnicity-based discrimination and in promoting an ethnically equal and diverse society on the local and member state level. In addition, she is a solution-focused brief therapist and her expertise is on the effects of racism and discrimination on mental health.