Halldóra Jóhanna Þorláksdóttir is the public relations manager for the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute and International Centre and an editor for the online language-learning program Icelandic Online.

Halldóra has a MA degree in Global relations, migration and multicultural studies from the University of Iceland and a BA degree from the Visual art department of the Iceland University of the Arts.