Anatoli Markoulaki
(she/her)Young Leader 2026
Anatoli Markoulaki is a young writer, artist and youth advocate from Greece, currently studying English with Creative Writing at University College Dublin. Her work explores social justice, equality, inclusion and human rights through fiction, playwriting and visual arts.
Her digital collage Domestic Gravity: Silenced by Routine, exploring the invisible weight of gender expectations and the roles women navigate in everyday life, was recently selected for the European Erasmus+ art project EU Values Through Eyes of Youth and exhibited in Brussels and Zadar.
Anatoli has received national awards for her playwriting and film screenwriting, addressing themes of gender equality, anti-racism and inclusion. Her play Me and the Stereotypes was selected for the WOW Athens Festival 2024 and presented at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.
She has participated as a youth panelist in international forums, including the UN's SDG Forum in Bangkok and the Athens Democracy Forum. She was a member of the Greek Ombudswoman for Children’s Rights’ Teen Advisory Group and the youngest member of the SNFCC 3rd Youth Council.
Having travelled to 65 countries and visited more than 500 museums worldwide, she draws inspiration from diverse cultures and perspectives.
You can follow Anatoli on Instagram.