Born in Switzerland, 1949

in civil partnership

Lives since 2005 in London, UK

Education

• Diploma as operational assistant at the Swiss Federal Railways
• 1 year training in Social Care Ministry
• Training in Ikebana (classic Japanese Flower Arrangment) with Diploma (Sogetsu School Tokyo)
• Certificate in UK NVQ 3 Social Care

Employment & activities  

• 1967 - 1987 Working for the Swiss Federal Railways as operational 
• 1988 – 2005 Social care worker Verein Friedensgasse. Living and working with  people from a difficult life situation (often severe mental health problems)
• 1991 – 2001 Engagement in the Offene Kirche Elisabethen (Open city church project)
• since 1991 Engagement in Ikebana
• 2005 – 2007 Support Worker Grove Care Partnership, work with adults with learning disabilities, challenging behaviour and autism 
• 2006 - 2014 Support worker at Lifeways, London
• 2007 - 2019 Engagement St Peter’s Centre for Meditation and Peace
• since 2020 Voluntary worker at Holy Rood House, Thirsk, North Yorkshire

Publication

• 1996 Chapter with Urs Mattmann in „Kraftvoll einkehren; Eckpfeiler für ein Kirche der Zukunft“; Pierre & Catherine Brunner Dubey; Rex Verlag

Languages

Italian, German, English, French