I was born 1994 in Berlin, Germany, and started practicing tai chi in 2007 at the Yang Chengfu Center Berlin. My teacher since then has been Johannes Mergner and he introduced me to Yang Jun Laoshi in 2011. One year later, in 2012, I participated in a China Tour organized by the association, there I met Eric Madson, a disciple of Yang Laoshi. We became friends and he invited me to live and practice with him in Seattle for half a year in 2013. In Seattle, I was also able to attend the tai chi school lead by Yang Laoshi, Fang Hong Laoshi, and Nancy and Mike Lucero.

Taking much of the influences tai chi has given me in terms of Chinese Culture, in 2015 I enrolled to study Sinology at Free University Berlin. 2017 then I went abroad to study at a University in China for one year. Having learned some Chinese I used this chance to attend some of the seminars with Yang Laoshi in China, thus meeting the Chinese community of our association and getting to learn tai chi in Chinese language. In 2019 I became an Associate Instructor helping out Johannes Mergner at the YFTC Center Berlin and teaching classes under him while also starting to become a contributor and editor to the Association Journal.