• Ph.D. in Education, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, 2014
  (Thesis: "Partnerships of people with a stroke: facilitators and barriers during their rehabilitation process")
• Clinical Administrator and Counsellor at the Clinic of Neurorehabilitation, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg, since 2014
• Special Qualification for University Didactics, 2014
• Research Assistant and Lecturer in Special Needs Education and Rehabilitation, since 2010
• M.A. in Education Pedagogic, 2010

Voluntary and part-time work

• Chairwoman of "Nationwide network: Counselling for people with acquired brain injuries", since 2012
• Coordinator of the counseling centre "Stroke" at the "Outpatient Clinic for Rehabilitation", since 2012
• Management of a self-help group for family members of people with eating disorders at the "Advice Centre for Eating Disorders Dick & Dünn Nordwest e.V.", since 2009