Nick is passionate about lifespark. He was a lecturer in English at the ZHAW in Winterthur and Wädenswil and has been investing his time in social projects since retirement.

Laura wants people of every age group to look into the subject of death penalty and take a stand against it. As social media coordinator, she is expanding lifespark’s online presence so that more people hear about us and the work we do. In her role as state sheet coordinator, she is keeping lifespark’s members up to date about the situation in death penalty states.

Patrik is joining the board on a trial basis. He has been active in lifespark since April 2016. He decided to join us because he opposes the death penalty and is very interested in supporting people who are on the fringes of society or who belong to a minority. Patrik is a medical student and in his spare time he likes to meet up with friends.

Anna-Lena was born and raised in Germany but lives in Montreal, Canada since 2008. She is a lifespark member since 2012 and actively supporting the organization since 2013. Beside lifespark she is interested in Canadian indigenous history, LGBTQ2S+ topics and black life’s matters. She likes to run, and to relax she takes hot yoga classes.

Ines has been active in the anti-death penalty field for twenty years now. In addition to writing to several pen friends in prison, she has worked on many projects for lifespark. For twelve years, she helped to run lifespark as a board member.
Five years ago, she launched her project www.connectdeathrow.org which allows students or other interested people a short-term letter exchange with an inmate on death row. It’s anonymous and neither party knows the real name of the other, so it’s safe for students who are minors. In spring 2021, she launched a blog with texts and interviews surrounding the death penalty topic.
In lifespark, she cares for interested people and helps find new members through interviews in the media.