Curriculum vitae
Personal details
- Born on 3 February 1982 in Ludwigsfelde
Political career
- 2008 to 2021: Member of Ludwigsfelde town council (leader of the council from 2015 to 2021)
- 2009 to 2018: Chairwoman of the Ludwigsfelde local branch of the SPD
- 2014 to 2019: Member of Teltow-Fläming county council
- 2018 to 2021: Chairwoman of the Teltow-Fläming subdistrict branch of the SPD
- Since October 2021: Member of the German Bundestag, constituency 150: Märkischer Kreis II
- Since 2021: Member of the Bundestag’s Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Since 2021: Member of the Bundestag’s Sports Committee
- Since 2021: Substitute member of the Bundestag’s Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development
- Since 2022: Deputy spokeswoman on foreign policy for the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag
- Since 2022: Deputy spokeswoman on sport for the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag
- Since 2022: Member of the Subcommittee on Foreign Cultural and Educational Affairs
- Since 2022: Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO
Education and professional career
- 2001: Obtained Abitur (higher-education entrance qualification); subsequently obtained Bachelor of Science in geographical sciences at the Freie Universität Berlin, and qualified as a public administration specialist.
- 2007 to 2011: Manager of the Brandenburg Land branch of the Young Socialists (youth section of the SPD)
- 2012 to 2013: Office manager for a Member of the Bundestag
- 2013 to 2021: Active on behalf of Lebenshilfe, the association for people with intellectual disabilities
- 2013 to 2021: Employed by the Administration of the German Bundestag in the office of Ulla Schmidt, Member of the Bundestag and Vice-President of the German Bundestag (from 2013 to 2017)
Honorary positions and memberships
- Atlantik-Brücke e.V.
- Social Democratic Association on Local Government Policy (SGK)
- United Services Union (ver.di)
- Member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) since 2005