As a graduate of Freie Universität Berlin, Marla Koch got her Bachelor's degree in Korean Studies in 2016 and her Master’s degree in 2017. She worked as a student assistant at the Graduate School of East Asian Studies of Freie Universität Berlin from 2016 to 2017. After studying literature translation in South Korea for two years afterwards, she is now working towards her PhD in Korean Studies at Freie Universität Berlin.