Ella Gil joined the Equality Policy Department at Sikkuy in November 2018, as the “Promoting Equality in the Negev” project coordinator. Ella has a first degree in Environmental Studies and a second degree in Geography and Urban Planning, both from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Ella brings her rich professional knowledge and diverse experience from her work as an urban planner in private sector companies; the Urban Clinic at the Hebrew University, and from her involvement in numeral projects of communal planning and promoting planning policies for early childhood.  Ella has participated in different social and communal projects. Today, she is a partner in “Placemaking” project (planning and creating a communal space with citizens’ involvement) through “Moslala” association, which established “Eden Rooftop”- a demonstration and content center for urban ecology. Ella resides in Jerusalem.