Helena grew up moving around Europe with her half-German, half-American family. After high school, Helena spent nine months working as a volunteer in Urubamba, Peru through Princeton’s Bridge Year Program. She graduated from Princeton University in 2016 with a major in anthropology and minors in Latin American studies and global health and health policy. While at university, Helena was involved in Team U, an organization dedicated to empowering students to run endurance races in order to fundraise for global health. After graduating, she spent a year working in Maseru, Lesotho for the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, where she formed part of the adolescent psychosocial support team as a Princeton in Africa fellow. In her free time, Helena enjoys hiking, cooking, and traveling.