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 joined the office of Ivo Vajgl in the European Parliament. Since August 2011 I’ve been living in Washington, DC, studying at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.

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 speak Slovenian, English, Italian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, German – but by all means not perfectly…my French is also a bit basic.