My path to design wasn’t straightforward. After high school, I started studying law, but it didn’t take long to realize I was missing creativity. I shifted gears, studied American Studies, and worked as a freelance journalist while building websites for family, friends, and the occasional stranger. That led to nearly a decade in marketing, communications, and design—five years in a global corporation and three in a fast-moving Munich startup. Eventually, I realized that design wasn’t just part of my job; it was what I wanted to do full-time. So I made the leap into freelancing, and here I am.