Aoife is a disabled researcher, academic, and activist from Waterford. She is currently working towards submitting her PhD at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the University of Galway. Her PhD focuses on alliances between social movements by examining disabled women’s participation in the disability and women’s movement. As a member of Disabled Women Ireland, she is passionate about the intersection of disability and gender. Over the past decade, Aoife has been an active advocate for people with psychosocial disabilities at national and international levels. She is a member of the Governments Disability Stakeholders Group, which works to monitor the implementation of government policy in the area of disability. Aoife has previously worked with the European Disability Forum, the Union of Students in Ireland, and the Centre for Effective Services in Ireland. She is a graduate with an MSc in Applied Social Research from Trinity College Dublin and a BA in Politics and International Relations from the University of Limerick.