1983 - 1987 Training as a state-certified educator
1987 - 1990 Worked as an educator in day care centres for children
1990 - 1995 Studied Educational Science, specialising in early childhood education (FU-Berlin)
1996 - 1998 Additional studies: "Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences" (FU-Berlin)
1997 - 2002 Doctoral studies (FU-Berlin) Title of dissertation: "Pädagogik in Kindertagesstätten Eine Studie zu den Konsequenzen pädagogischer Defizite für die Leitungstätigkeit".
2002 - 2004 Project management of a children's club
2004 - 2007 Research assistant at the German Youth Institute (Deutsches Jugendinstitut e.V.) Halle (Saale), project "Bildungs- und Lerngeschichten".
2007 Substitute professorship in educational management with focus on education and upbringing in the elementary sector - FH Koblenz
2008 - 2009 Educational coordinator in the federal project "Wertebildung in Familien"
Since 2009 Further training officer at the Social Pedagogical Further Training Institute Berlin-Brandenburg (State Institute for Berlin and Brandenburg) Department of Child Day Care and Early Education