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Serving as Research Associate and Senior Specialist for Quality Development in Early Childhood Education, focusing on quality assurance and development.

Senior Specialist for Quality Development in Early Childhood Education, focusing on quality assurance and development.

- Advised the board on inclusive, multilingual early education; led concept and program innovation.
- Oversaw international ECE projects, incl. new center launches, budgeting, and compliance.
- Led recruitment, quality development, and team culture initiatives.
- Built lasting partnerships with authorities and funding bodies.

- Successfully stabilized a crisis-ridden location through team and structural development
- Implemented quality assurance and staff development
- Initiated inclusive practices and educational networks

- Developed local educational programs to promote participation
- Provided professional consultation on inclusion and children's rights
- Engaged in international collaboration on early education and children’s rights

- Developed training programs with a focus on digital education
- Supported quality processes in public educational settings
- Promoted international educational policy collaboration

- Conducted research in media and communication psychology

- Led corporate learning programs in collaboration with HR and specialists
- Designed digital learning materials and optimized e-learning platforms
- Managed training projects focusing on efficiency and evaluation

Pursuing a Master of Arts in Educational Management and Leadership in Early Childhood Education.

Thesis: “Unaccompanied refugee minors and resilience. A phenomenological study of young refugees’ own perspectives on their coping strategies to ‘bounce forward’ and navigate toward resilience in the face of uncertain times”. June 2017, pp. 110.

Thesis: “The Incidental Acquisition of a Foreign Language by Children Watching a Foreign Language Subtitled Program”. June 2011, pp. 146.

Completed a Master of Arts in Childhood Studies and Children's Rights, with a thesis on unaccompanied refugee minors and resilience.

Earned a Master of Science in Information and Communication Technologies in Education, with a thesis on incidental foreign language acquisition in children.

Grade: Hons.

Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Sciences of Early Childhood Education, with honors.

(Hons.)