To escape racial violence and discrimination, many Roma people moved from the Czech Republic (CR) to the United Kingdom (UK) in the 1990s. Using an interdisciplinary, phenomenological approach, I will conduct in-depth, personal interviews with Roma people with higher education degrees, whose life-chances improved significantly as a result of their migration. Compared with similar data recently collected in the CR, and complemented by a documentary review of relevant policies and practices in the UK and the CR, the findings will highlight the strategies that members of Roma populations use to engage in education, together with the institutional and policy strategies used to support this. This research will combine approaches from the fields of ethnic studies, sociology, education and, crucially, cultural psychology to explore how structural and systemic conditions that create inequalities impede resilience, and how the positive potential of Roma cultures and identities can be promoted. The study will contribute to the counter-balancing of the large body of deficit-focused literature, which at times pathologizes members of marginalised groups. It will use an intersectionality lens to its analysis, and draw on cultural psychology to improve understanding and conceptualization of resilience in Roma communities. By working towards improvement of educational attainment of marginalised persons, which, in turn, enhances their employment prospects and ultimately attainment of professional success in positions where the Roma are most underrepresented, this project will contribute to inclusion and equity in employment. The research will also enable UK education professionals to better understand their students’ socio-cultural backgrounds, and it will support higher education institutions across Europe in promoting diversity.