Vita

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since 2008 Freelance journalist and translator
(English–German/German–English)
2010–today Editor and project leader for corporate communication, Maenken Kommunikation GmbH, Cologne
2006–2010 Editor and project leader for corporate communication,
VVA Kommunikation GmbH, Essen
2005–2006 Deputy spokesperson of the FDP Parliamentary Group, State Parliament North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf
2002–2005 Editor for English Business Communication, F.A.Z.-Institut, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Publishing Group, Frankfurt
2001-2002 Editorial trainee, F.A.Z.-Institut, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Publishing Group, Frankfurt
1998–2001 Freelance conference interpreter, simultaneous and consecutive
2001 Freelance consultant to the Language Services Division of the European Central Bank, Frankfurt
2000–2001 Assistant in the department Central Translation Services of SAP AG, Walldorf
1997–1999 Freelance reporter for local radio stations

2000 Graduation as conference interpreter for German, English and Spanish at Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg
1996–1997 Arizona State University, USA; Departments of English, Spanish, History, Intercultural Communication and Journalism
1995–1996 Universidad Pontificia Comillas Madrid; Facultad de Traducción e Interpretación
from 1994 Student at the Institute for Translation & Interpretation of Heidelberg University
1994 Highschool graduation (Abitur), Nikolaus-Ehlen-Gymnasium, Velbert