As a student she was active in the Academic Ministry... From the late 1970s, she was associated with the democratic opposition; she cooperated with the independent Social Library of Antoni Stawikowski.

She joined "Solidarity", after the introduction of martial law engaged in the distribution of underground publications, as well as the activities of the local committee dealing with the assistance of victims of repression and their families.

As a volunteer she was active for the EquiLibre foundation, searching for contacts and coordinating assistance for Poland.

[1] In 1996, she married Michał Okoński, a journalist from Tygodnik Powszechny, but the marriage ended in divorce.

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