A teacher and anti-fascist activist, during the Spanish Civil War she organised and accompanied hundreds of children to France.
The daughter of a Swiss family living in the Putxet neighbourhood, she worked as a teacher at the Swiss School of Barcelona. When the school closed, she moved to England. In 1938, she returned to Barcelona to work with the The Swiss Aid Committee to help the children of Spain. After the Civil War, she directed the ‘Chateau du Lac’ colony of refugee children in Sigean and another in Pringy, close to the border with Switzerland. During the Second World War, she risked her life to hide and care for Jewish children.
A teacher and anti-fascist activist, during the Spanish Civil War, she collaborated with the Swiss Committee to Aid the Children of Spain and organised the flight of hundreds of children to France.