About Eleni

Eleni Sefanit Retta (Eleni Sefanit for short), is a life-long D.C. area native, policy advocate, and multidisciplinary creative (digital design, video production, media arts, expository writing, and more). Eleni is passionate about the intersection of economic justice and labor advocacy and the creative industries and its workers.

Beginning in 2019 while in New York, Eleni became involved with multiple labor and urban policy organizations including the Alliance for a Greater New York, HeadCount, and the The People’s Forum. Eleni pursued organizing and research work in multiple capacities- including but not limited to the Justice Policy Institute and working to amend the Youth Rehabilitation Act (YRA) legislation for incarcerated youth in D.C., researching climate and labor for ALIGN NYC, and researching youth arts education policy with the Foundation of Contemporary Arts in Accra, Ghana during her time studying abroad at NYU Accra.

Eleni completed her degree in Sociology and thesis on Cultural Policy in Modern Ghana. She is now pursuing community outreach and research at HeadCount as a fellow hoping to expand HeadCount's organizational partnerships in the D.C. area as well as recruit more members to the organization.