[1][2] Katharina Günther-Wünsch grew up in Dresden Mockritz as the daughter of a police officer and a medical assistant, alongside her three siblings.

From February 2007 to May 2007, she taught at the Deutsche Höhere Privatschule Windhoek in Namibia and in South Africa.

[3] Since 2013, Günther-Wünsch has been involved in Berlin's municipal politics, actively supporting the CDU district association Wuhletal.

Since 2016, she has served as the deputy chairperson of the CDU local association Kaulsdorf-Mahlsdorf and has been a member of the District Assembly (BVV) of Marzahn-Hellersdorf.

[5] She secured the direct mandate with 33.7 percent of the votes and entered the Berlin House of Representatives.