[citation needed] She has been working at the plastic-packaging company of her parents (W-Pack GmbH) since 2008, and became general manager in 2010.

[citation needed] From 2012, Wischhusen served as the chairperson of industry organization Bundesverband Junger Unternehmer (BJU).

[1] Between 2014 and 2015, Wischhusen appeared alongside Vural Öger, Jochen Schweizer, Frank Thelen and others in the first two seasons of Die Höhle der Löwen, a reality television format featuring entrepreneurs pitching their business ideas in order to secure investment finance from a panel of venture capitalists.

[2] After gaining 6.8 percent of votes and therefore entering the city-state parliament, she joined the FDP and their youth organization Junge Liberale ("Young Liberals") on 10 May 2015.

[citation needed] She was a FDP delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017.