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Simone was born in Vienna in 1991. Since 2010 she has been a kindergarten teacher. In 2014 she successfully completed a further kindergarten education to be qualified to work with children with special needs. She finished her bachelor studies in “musictherapy” in Summer 2022 and at the moment she does her masterstudies in “music therapy” on a part time basis along with her job. She considers the uniqueness of each human being as an enrichment, which is reflected in her professional and private attitude. For many years Simone has been engaging in her home parish/church-community where she has gained a lot of experience in children- and youth work. Furthermore, she undertook a long-term internship in a child hospice and worked as a volunteer for BRAVEAURORA in Guabuliga. In her free time she loves to play music, enjoys sailing and appreciates inspiring conversations.

Susanne comes from Arnreit/Upper Austria and was born in 1991. After completing an apprenticeship as a media technician, she quickly moved towards social work. While studying sociology, she then completed a semester abroad in Lithuania. After completing her bachelor's degree in 2017, she spent six months as a volunteer in the BRAVEAURORA team in Ghana. After her return, the path to social work was unavoidable for her and she completed her master's degree at the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences.

Since 2018, she has been working passionately with unaccompanied refugee young people as a carer and also as an educational leader in a shared apartment. After completing the trauma education course, she has been training to become a psychotherapist since 2023.

The intrinsic motivation to create better living conditions for children and young people runs through her areas of work. She spends her free time bouldering with friends or traveling through Europe in her VW bus.

Sarah was born in 1987 in Styria/Austria. She finished a master programme in social-work with an emphasis on “Intercultural Competence” at the University of Applied Sciences in Upper Austria in June 2013. Sarah works as a manager of a human rights organization called “SOS-Menschenrechte” whose prior mission is to advocate for a humane refugee-care and for a human rights education with high quality. Sarah also has completed a training to become a legal advisor in Asylum- and Alien Law at Caritas Austria in Vienna. She likes travelling, acts as a voluntary “buddy” for a Somali family in Austria (Communal integration of refugee families of the Red Cross) and spends time with both of her godchildren. Singing constitutes an important part of her life.

Julia was born in 1987 in Upper Austria and found her social consciousness from an early age. She started studying “Social Work” with an emphasis on “Intercultural Competence” at the University of Applied Sciences in Upper Austria, which she finished with a Master-Degree in June 2013. Furthermore, she has completed the training in the area of Asylum- and Alien Law at Caritas Austria. For more than two years, Julia worked at the department of Migrant-Assistance at Caritas Linz and in 2013, she took over the position as director for a refugee-residence in Upper Austria. At the moment Julia works as a social worker with the Department of Social Welfare in Austria. Julia spends her spare-time at her local music-association and in discovering foreign countries and cultures.