Kathrine Krone Laurent is a journalist who has been working for eight years as a radio- and television reporter and host. Since 2015 she is head of the local democracy house called ’Byens hus Roskilde’ (City House) in the municipality of Roskilde.  She works at facilitating participation and citizen engagement. Kathrine is a skilled moderator and motivator. She is the founder of the Democracy Fitness, an active and fun training program based on the idea that we all play a daily role in democracy. Identifying ten skills called ’democracy muscles’ and offering 30-minute training for each muscle, is the core-method.  Awareness of strong and weak democracy muscles in our bodies will enable us to understand our potential in everyday democracy - empowering us to participate formally and informally.