President of “Dobra Edukacja (Good Education)” Association, Member of Polish Parliament of VII cadency, Minister of Education in the first government of Donald Tusk (2007-2011).

Initiator of creating proprietary solutions in education. Actively works for disable people. For years, on different levels, she works on management in education. Before she got to government and then to parliament, she had been working in primary school, high school, on university, in non-governmental organization and in local government, as a Vice-president of Gdańsk for social policy, principal of school, teacher of mathematics.

Privately, mom of three grown up sons and grandmother od three granddaughters, wife of Aleksander Hall, resident of Sopot.