Born on 28 October 1963 in Zlín. She graduated from the Faculty of Horticulture (orcharding and landscaping) in Brno in 1987. She concluded French studies in 1992 and started to teach French. From 1996-2010, she was repeatedly elected to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament where she worked as a Member and Vice-President of the Committee on Education, Culture, Youth and Sport. Other functions included President of the Czech-French Friendship Group for eight years, Czech delegate in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and President of the KDU-ČSL Deputies Group. In 2009, she received the French Order of Merit for her contribution to the development of Czech-French relations. Since 2010, she worked at the HQ of the Czech School Inspection as coordinator of ESF (EU) project activities and as a representative of the Ministry of Education in the OECD Governing Board of the Centre for Research and Innovation in Education. She was an Honourable Member of several university supervisory bodies over a long period of time. MEP since 2014.