I grew up in a small village located in Austria’s Alpine foothills. It had beautiful mountain views and the sun setting behind the snow capped mountains of the Alps seen in the distance was soothing for the soul. I moved to cities across Austria in my teens and adulthood. My love for the Chinese language would take me to live in Kunming in the southwest, to Shenzhen right across the border from Hong Kong and to Siping, located in the middle of the Songliao Plain in China.

I studied Graphic Design from 2001-2006, and graduated from the University of Vienna with a Bachelor’s degree in Sinology in 2011.

I have worked for an internationally acclaimed architect’s firm, as an illustrator in an advertising agency and as a translator for Chinese, English, and German, among other roles.