Laura acquired her legal education at the University of Fribourg (specializing in European law), at the Centre for Transnational Studies in London (Georgetown Law) and at the University of Basel (specializing in transnational law). She also obtained a post-graduate Master’s degree (LL.M.) in European Law from the College of Europe in Bruges. Laura led numerous asylum and immigration law mandates in a Zurich law firm. Prior to that, she worked on the migration law dimension of Swiss foreign policy on the Swiss Mission to the EU in the Legal Affairs Team Schengen/Dublin. She also completed a voluntary service in Togo and is a member of the DJS (Demokratische Juristen Schweiz). After her academic work at the Europa Institute at the University of Zurich, she joined the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs in March 2022. Laura was Co-Head Migration Program from december 2020 until december 2022 and is now active in the Europe program.