[1] She was appointed Secretary of State for Public Education on 28 February 2013,[2] holding the office until June 2014.

She graduated as a French-Russian secondary school teacher from the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in 1971.

She worked as chief official for the Ministry of Cultural from 1972 to 1981, as deputy headmistress for Kaffka Margit Grammar School from 1981 to 1986, as headmistress for Németh László Grammar School from 1986 to 1997, for National Public Education and Estimate Exam Centre (OKÉV).

She works as assistant professor and as head of institute for Faculty of Humanities of Péter Pázmány Catholic University from 1995.

She tended several positions in the public life: National General Popular Education Council, National School-leaving Examination Board, Independent Teachers Forum, Teacher's Training Subcommittee of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Németh László Association.