Irini Papanastasatou is a PhD candidate in the Department of Education Sciences in Early Childhood of the Democritus University of Thrace. She graduated from the University of Patras (Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education) and holds a Master’s Degree in “Studies in Education” from the Hellenic Open University. Her research interests focus on children’s early literacy development, parental involvement in the educational process and school-family-community partnerships. She is working in public education as a kindergarten teacher since 2005.