Antonia studied political science, sociology and public law in Wuerzburg and Muenster. She is specialised in migration and diversity sociology and wrote her thesis on migrants' social capital. In February 2010 she was awarded a “Magistra Artium” degree.

Antonia has been working as a graduate assistant at the Data Center of the University of Muenster until she joined CEWS as a scientific assistant in June 2011.