[1] Von Treuenfels-Frowein graduated from Hochrad high school in Hamburg-Othmarschen in 1983, studied law at the University of Hamburg from 1984 and passed her first state examination in 1991.

She completed her legal clerkship in Hamburg in 1995 and successfully passed her second state examination that same year.

The initiative was supported solely by the FDP, which led to the first contact with the Free Democrats.

In March 2009, she joined the Hamburg FDP and was primarily involved in education policy.

[4] In the 2015 parliamentary elections in Hamburg, she was re-elected to parliament with 2.8 per cent via her state list position 4.