I am the first one in my family who graduated from high school, earned a degree, and lived on another continent. As you can imagine, it’s not always easy to be the first one or different. My father’s wish for me was to start a career as an administrative employee in the public service – especially concerning the level of security. However, I couldn’t imagine doing that at all. 

The compromise was a dual-vocational apprenticeship in the private sector followed by business studies. My original dream of working in the social sector seemed to be far away. So I started my professional career and I didn’t feel completely comfortable and I realized that I was missing something. I worked in toxic work environments and it took a while before I was able to increase my self-confidence and therefore make a significant change in my life.