Helen Lessing has a sustainability and queer-feminist activist background. Only recently, these topics interlinked with an intersectional feminist perspective. She completed her bachelor’s degree in political science and sociology at the University of Bielefeld in 2020 with a thesis on the ecofeminist critique of the UN climate conference. Currently, she completes her Master’s degree in social and cultural studies at the European University Viadrina. Helen Lessing is a former intern of the Gunda-Werner-Institute.

Helen is a member of the European Feminist Platform.