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I grew up in a mid-sized city near Frankfurt. The metropolitan Rhine-Main area is not the most natural area in the world, so my love for nature and animals started on a small scale. I had pets like rabbits, birds, fish and lizards. I found fascination in observing them and the environment around me. While I always had many interests and often was on cross ways which path to choose, this fascination and love for living nature led me towards biology and nature conservation.I studied biology with a focus on ecology in Frankfurt, where I gained a firm understanding of how everything in this world interacts. For my master, I wanted to learn more about applied nature conservation in an international context, which led me to Wageningen University. The more I learned about our planet, the more I wanted to see of it. The most fascinating aspect of nature for me has always been its diversity. So, I went out to discover, study and protect it myself. I volunteered for Conservation Volunteers in Australia, worked for the Naturpark Taunus in my home region, studied at the University of Helsinki, interned at Lammi Biological Station, wrote my bachelor thesis in cooperation with the Senckenberg Society and my master thesis in cooperation with Snow Leopard Conservancy India and conducted research at the Succulent Karoo Research Station in South Africa. Since July 2019, I am working for the European Wilderness Society located in Austria to protect Wilderness in Europe.I had always dreamed of traveling the world and contributing to environmental protection in many different places to learn as much as I can. Each experience abroad only reinforced this goal. After meeting Hanna, I finally feel like I have found someone to join me on this journey. And after exploring a beautiful but small area of the Alps, we feel like it is time to collect all our courage and go all in. To broaden our horizons, to learn, to share, to teach and to contribute to a better world.