Ernestina Dankyi is a child and youth protection and research specialist whose primary interest is in the rights and welfare of diverse groups of high-risk children and young people. She has expertise in conducting high quality qualitative research and engaging relevant stakeholders to make use of her research findings and recommendations. She has conducted extensive research on children and youth in migration situations including street connected children and youth most of whom are both internal and international migrants. She is a firm believer and an ardent follower of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and conduct most of her research in light of relevant SDGs specifically Goals 1, 2,3,4, 5, 8, 10 and 17.