Career
1984: Abitur (high school diploma), Hilda Gymnasium Koblenz (high school)
1984 – 1987: Degree course for physical therapy, Technical University of Aachen, Germany
1988 – 1992: University studies (Master of Arts degree): Political Sciences, Public Law and Spanish
1992 – 1993: Research Assistant for the German Federal Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag)
1993 – 1994: State Chancellery, personal assistant of the Prime Minister
1994 – 1998: Personal assistant of the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party in the Deutsche Bundestag
1999 – 2001: Head of Division in the State Chancellery of Rhineland-Palatinate
since 18 May 2011: Undersecretary/ Deputy Minister of the Interior, for Sports and Infrastructure
2000: Chairwoman of the county chapter of the Social Democrats in Cochem-Zell County
2004: Chairwoman of the Social Democratic parliamentary group in the County Council of Cochem-Zell
2006 – 2011: Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party in Rhineland-Palatinate
She is Tutor for United States-American Program Students in Germany.