My name is Catharina C. and I’m 25 years old. I currently live in Heidelberg, in the southwest of Germany. In Heidelberg, I study protestant theology in my 8th semester. During my studies, I lived in Dublin, Ireland, for one year in order to study ecumenical studies. I grew up in a rural area between the two cities Oldenburg and Osnabrück in the northwest of Germany. This is where I started my engagement in the Protestant Youth on a regional level. Since 2005, I represent my regional youth on the national level of the Protestant Youth Federation in Germany. In addition, I became an Executive Committee member of the Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe (EYCE) in May 2009. EYCE is an European umbrella organisation for national ecumenical youth councils all over Europe and is led by the Executive Committee, which consists of seven volunteers from the member organisations