 She reported once about the artists Thomas Brasch and Klaus Brasch, which the Stasi had categorized as "enemies of the GDR", and confirmed that judgement without specifics.From 1979 she continued her studies at Humboldt University of Berlin and taught the Portuguese language.In 1979 and 1981 she worked as a translator for GDR engineering projects in São Tomé and Príncipe and Mozambique, where she observed East German officials behaving in a racist and condescending manner towards black Africans.