Education / Training

1986: German Equivalent of A-levels (Hochschulreife)
10/1988 - 9/1991: Trainee in nursing at the Städtische Kliniken, Duisburg. German equivalent of General Registered Nurse
10/1993 - 10/2000: Student at the Institute for Translating and Interpreting at the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg; Degree in Interpreting for English and Spanish
07/2004 – 02/2006: Training as process consultant and coach with Synnecta, Karlsruhe



Employment

10/1991 - 9/1993: Nurse in the psychiatric department of the Städtische Kliniken, Duisburg
10/1993 - 5/2000: Temporary employment as nurse in the neurological rehabilitation clinic Bethanien-Krankenhaus, Heidelberg
9/1995 - 10/1996: Assistant to the General Manager of C&B Publishing plc, London, working in different areas of publishing, such as Production, Accounts, Sales and Co-editions. Returned to C&B every six months for vacation employment during degree course for free-lance project work at C&B
since 11/2000: Free-lance conference interpreter for English with contracts in business, medicine, politics, enigneering, social institutions and television
at the same time
since 2002: Free-lance process-consultant and coach for intercultural communication, creativity, language coaching, conflict management, team development and facilitation



Working Languages German, English, Dutch, Spanish