After getting an MA in sociology from the Warsaw campus of the Central European University on a scholarship from the Open Society Institute she went on to study anthropology in Britain, focusing on Romani issues and culture.

[3] She has also declined to criticize Fidesz' campaign against George Soros,[4] and the party's attacks on her alma mater, the Central European University.

[5] She is a member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and the Delegation for Relations with South Africa.

She is a substitute member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, as well the Delegation for Relations with the Korean Peninsula.

[6] In 2014 she retired as an MEP but returned on 15 September 2017 after Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz left the European Parliament.