Madina Karsakpayeva is a PhD student at Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE) in Hungary and disability and inclusion specialist from Kazakhstan. She served as coordinator on work with disabled people at Almaty City Society of People with Disabilities and other disability related NGOs. During her work in Kazakhstan, Madina conducted several events to raise awareness on positive representation of people with disabilities. Madina also worked on the implementation of diverse workforce motivation project at UNICEF, GSSC Budapest. Madina’s research interests include higher education access for students with disabilities, CRPD implementation in Central Asia and student mobility.