miglena hofer

Miglena is a legal professional, business consultant, entrepreneur, mediator, and mother of two. For the past few years, she has been helping foreign enterprises and freelancers to establish their businesses in Austria through her consultancy, Miglena Hofer Consulting. She is also one of the founders of Austria for beginners - a Vienna-based NGO that provides legal support to internationals in Austria, as well as The Collaboratory - the first coworking space with child care options.

Miglena works with the international community in Austria. It is a passion of hers to empower foreign women who have found themselves in Austria for one reason or another. She does that by supporting them to not try and fit the local expectations, but to create a career for themselves.

She holds legal degrees from Bulgaria and Austria and is a certified mediator with the International Mediation Institute.

To put herself through law school, she has worked various jobs (4 at the same time!), including being an interviewer for a sociological agency, a legal trainee, a promotional model, a database operator, a researcher, an usher in a concert hall. She considers all of these to be the foundation of many invaluable skills she has developed.

Areas she can help her mentee are the following: starting your own business, navigating difficult work relationships, work-life balance, and becoming a better advocate for yourself.

Miglena is a true bookworm; she loves traveling, going to music festivals, spending time with her family and friends, and drinking coffee.