Isabel Reich was born in Siegen, grew up in Gütersloh and then came back to Siegen to study media studies. From there, she went to Leipzig to study for a master's degree in radio journalism. Alongside her studies, she worked for many years at the radio station SWR DASDING. After her master's degree, she completed a radio traineeship at RADIO GALAXY and has been working at N-JOY since 2016. For the first few years she was a writer and presenter and for over three years she has been part of the management team, head of various projects, editor and development coordinator for new digital products.