Simone came to Israel from Germany in 2012, as an exchange student and decided to stay for her M.A. in Israel Studies at Ben Gurion University, where she is currently writing her thesis about the image of Israel amongst Germans. Before starting her life in the desert, Simone was a Stage Manager at German musical productions, completed a degree in Acting, worked in a bookshop and finished her B.A. in Jewish and Islamic Studies in Heidelberg.