English - Siegfried

Sabrina BaumannChemical Lab Apprentice, ZofingenI’m in my second year as a chemical labapprentice, and the first lab apprenticeat Siegfried (and only one of three inSwitzerland!) specialized in galenicsanalysis. Right now I’m doing a fourmonthinternship at Spirig Pharma tolearn more about semi-solid dosageforms. There’s something new everyday, and I really enjoy being able tohelp in the development of newformulas. This can be anything frommixing a preparation for a cream orlotion to working in the process room.This is a completely germ-free areathat conforms to “good Manufac -turing Practice” guidelines, becauseany contamination could ruin thetest results. Soon I’ll get my ownproject to work on new productswith the development department.I can’t wait!I live on a farm in a small village(Hunzenschwil bei Suhr) with myparents and siblings. I grew up theresurrounded by cows, pigs and chickens,which is probably why I enjoynature and the outdoors. As soon asthe first snow falls, I’m off to themountains with my snowboard. Likemost Swiss, I learned to ski as a kidbecause my parents let me try snowboardingonly after I could ski. Todayeveryone snowboards – and meetsat the club afterwards.I’m an active person in my free timeand like to go running once or twicea week with colleagues. On theweekends I’m together with friends;whether it’s to play billiards or godancing. I love to dance. When I wasfive I started with classical ballet andlater, when my taste in music changedsomewhat, I also did jazz ballet, andnow street dance and hip-hop. I’vealso danced in stage productions witha dance company; the highlight was“Teddy’s Secret,” a story about live,love and the troubles of being young –it’s all about my world.3