1955, Waldorf school Pforzheim, 1974-79 study of classical archaeology, Egyptology and ancient history. In 1976 she helped found the Friends of Waldorf Education and has been serving on the board since 1978. 1979-83 international youth work at the Goetheanum; 1987-96 training as a banker, co-worker at the GLS Bank in Bochum, 1988-96 Arbeitskollegium of the Anthroposophical Society in Nordrhein-Westfalen; 1989 Co-founder and until 2011 board member of the European Forum for Freedom in Education, 1993 co-founder and board member of the „Zauberstäbchen“, society for humanitarian help and support for children in need in South East and Eastern Europe until dissolution in 2005; 1993-96 member of the board of Gemeinnützige Treuhandstelle Bochum, since 1996 executive board member of the Friends of Waldorf Education; since 1999 in the initiative group of the Anthroposophical Society in Berlin; 2002-08 General secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in Germany.