I was born in Ljubljana on the 7th of April 1979.

I spent my childhood in Sempeter pri Gorici, a perfectly remote smaller city surrounded by forests and hills.

I graduated in Political Science – International Relations at the University of Ljubljana in 2006.

I started my civil society engagement in 1999 when I joined the Young European Federalists (JEF) Slovenia. I served as its President in 2003 and got elected to the Executive Bureau of JEF Europe for the mandate 2003-05. In those years I’ve travelled around Europe extensively attending and organising trainings, seminars, lectures, campaigns and meeting many young people. I “retired” more or less fully from JEF in 2007, but recently jumped back to federalism – this time as Bureau member of the “senior” version of JEF: Union of European Federalists.

In 2003 I spent half a year in Berlin, working for DGAP – a foreign policy think-tank. Shortly afterwards, I have moved to Brussels to coordinate the YES Campaign – the NGO European campaign in favour of the European Constitution. I’ve gained extensive knowledge of the EU decision-making, build up a solid network and got an insight in the corridors of power:) I followed up as a Press and Communications officer for the European Movement International and then joined the Slovenian Government’s Office for European Affairs in Ljubljana as advisor until the end of the Slovenian EU Presidency. In September 2008 I moved back to Brussels to work at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Enlargement, joining its Information and Communication Unit. After 12 months there I jumped ship and am now working in the office of Ivo Vajgl, Member of the European Parliament.

I established a small communications consultancy in 2006 to keep myself busy. I’ve been working on various web and communication projects, mostly with Jon. It has been shelved for the moment though…

I’m a proud owner of a Kona Kula 2007 which I should ride more often. I used to drive an evergreen: a 10 years old Opel Corsa B with 200.000km, now replaced with a Ford Focus MKII.

On the IT side, I have a special attraction tp ASUS laptops (used M3 and W5) and Nokia mobile phones. However, I use a Dell XPS M1330 currently and an iPhone

I work in Slovenian, English & Italian and can also understand Serbo-Croatian, German, Spanish and more and more French…