born 1966 in Dublin, Ireland
BA in Modern Languages (German/French), Trinity College Dublin, 1990 scholarship from the Belgian Ministry of Education and the Arts for
Flemish studies in Hasselt, August 1988 sabbatical: foreign language assistant in Saarbruecken, 1988 - 1989 English instructor, Paris 1990 - 1991 since October 1991 English instructor, translator and proofreader
in the Saar-Lor-Lux Region certified translator since March 1996