- born 1975 in Wuppertal, Germany
- née Merkner
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since 2008 Freelance journalist and translator
(English–German/German–English)
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2010–today Editor and project leader for corporate communication, Maenken Kommunikation GmbH, Cologne
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2006–2010 Editor and project leader for corporate communication,
VVA Kommunikation GmbH, Essen
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2005–2006 Deputy spokesperson of the FDP Parliamentary Group, State Parliament North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf
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2002–2005 Editor for English Business Communication, F.A.Z.-Institut, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Publishing
Group, Frankfurt
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2001-2002 Editorial trainee, F.A.Z.-Institut, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Publishing Group, Frankfurt
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1998–2001 Freelance conference interpreter, simultaneous and consecutive
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2001 Freelance consultant to the Language Services Division of the European Central Bank, Frankfurt
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2000–2001 Assistant in the department Central Translation Services of SAP AG, Walldorf
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1997–1999 Freelance reporter for local radio stations
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2000 Graduation as conference interpreter for German, English and Spanish at Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg
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1996–1997 Arizona State University, USA; Departments of English, Spanish, History, Intercultural Communication and Journalism
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1995–1996 Universidad Pontificia Comillas Madrid; Facultad de Traducción e Interpretación
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from 1994 Student at the Institute for Translation & Interpretation of Heidelberg University
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1994 Highschool graduation (Abitur), Nikolaus-Ehlen-Gymnasium, Velbert