[1] While she was preparing a PhD thesis about the history of the SPD, Schmidt was offered a job in the office of Landtag of Hesse member Andrea Ypsilanti.

[8] In this capacity, she has met with senior Chinese political advisors like CPPCC vice chair Gao Yunlong.

[10][11] Schmidt’s political positions include support for Kindergrundsicherung [de], combining and extending existing benefits and subsidies to guarantee a child's right to have a certain minimum standard of living.

[5] The child was not diagnosed until shortly after his birth; Schmidt had declined prenatal testing, stating that knowing about the condition would not change anything.

[14] After the German federal election in September 2013, Schmidt became the first single mother of a child with Down syndrome to become a member of the Bundestag.