is a registered nurse and was a lecturer at geriatric and nursing schools from 2004 to 2010. After completing her bachelor's degree in "Management and Expertise in Nursing and Healthcare", she completed the master's program in evaluation at Saarland University. Since 2012 she has been working as a research assistant at the Institute for Health Research and Technology at htw saar, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Health and Care and FITT gGmbH.