I studied Anthropology at the University of California, in San Diego, as well as Linguistics (TESOL) at the University of Surrey, in Guildford, England.

Currently, I am doing research at the University of Surrey, UK, which addresses an appropriate framework for teaching intercultural communication in the business English.

 I am a freelance intercultural communications trainer with a special interests American and German working relations, international team building, conflict management and business English.

Aside from teaching business English and the University of Konstanz, I also teach international business and management communication at the University of Applied Sciences in Konstanz.

I am a member of the IATEFL/BESIG English teachers’ association; in the past I was a member of the committee and the newsletter editor.

Born in California, I have lived in Germany for 27 years.