After graduating with honors in sociology from the University of Bamberg, Germany in 2007, I began working as a research assistant at the european forum for migration studies (efms, Bamberg, Germany) analyzing a special tuition project for children from immigrant families. In 2009, I accepted a position at the University of Osnabrück (Osnabrück, Germany) evaluating potentially positive effects of the mentoring program Baloo and You on resilience processes for at-risk children. Since 2011, I have worked as an assistant professor and research assistant at the Vocational Education Department of the University of Osnabrück, where I am currently conducting another project for socially disadvantaged university students.