1997 - 1998: English and French Studies for Teaching Certificate at Humboldt-Universität, Berlin
1998 - 2001: Diploma of Public Administration at Berlin School of Economics and Law, including a training position at the Office of the Mayor of Lewisham, London
2001 - 2002: Employee at the Office of the Mayor of Treptow-Köpenick, Berlin
2002 - 2010: Representative for European Affairs at the Office of the Mayor of Neukölln, Berlin
2003 - 2005: M.A. in European Administrative Management at Berlin School of Economics and Law, including training positions at the Office of the Land Berlin to the EU in Brussels, and at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg
2004 - 2009: Lecturer at the Berlin Academy of Public Administration, at the European School of Governance Berlin, and at the Academy of the German Civil Service Federation
2005 - 2009: Doctoral studies at the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science at Freie Universität, Berlin
