Stephanie Hesse has been the press relations officer at Deutsch-Französisches Zukunftswerk since 2023. She studied media science, sociology and psychology at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena and the Université Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne before working as a journalist and editor for various Franco-German media. From 2010 to 2021, she coordinated the web projects of the Goethe-Institute France and consulted as an independent content strategist for non-profit organizations with a focus on sustainability.