Mine Ekinci is the Founder and General Coordinator of KODA (Rural Schools Transformation Network), established in December 2016. Since 2010, she has worked in various non-profit organizations and initiatives focusing on education, human rights, and social policy. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations (’14) from Bogazici University, Istanbul, and a master’s degree in International Education Policy (’16) from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In recognition of her social impact work, she received the İbrahim Social Entrepreneurship Award in 2017 and was selected as an Ashoka Fellow by the international Ashoka Foundation in 2019. Her work focuses on rural education, education policy, and social entrepreneurship in education.