She graduated in 1997 at Clermont University with a master in Business development. Then she worked during five years at the international department of an insurance company. At that time, she began a research doctorate in Business Administration and she completed it in 2005. She started teaching at the Faculty of Applied Sciences in Clermont-Ferrand in 2004. She teaches courses in international business communication, marketing, sales promotion, interpersonal communication to French students, but also to international ones (in Monterrey, Shanghai, Kansas, Oklahoma, Cracow, Rotterdam, Bratislava, Steyr, etc.). She is the leader of a post-graduate programme in Business and Communication. Her topics of interest in research deal with intercultural and interpersonal communication and how this kind of communication affects organizations.