I have been retired since summer 2015. Before that, I enjoyed teaching for over 40 years and, at the age of 50, I also set up and ran the first day school in the municipality. That was real learning by doing... I was only able to complete the relevant training to become a day school manager much later. In my private life, I was the mother of two daughters, a single parent for three years after my divorce, and when I got married for the second time, I also became the mother of a boy. I am now a grandmother of two and occasionally support older people who live alone. My cultural interests are wide-ranging. I am also interested in fashion, as I completed a styling consultant training course a few years ago.