I’ve been interested in media and technology for as long as I can remember. Over the years, that interest has led to all kinds of projects involving video, radio, websites, apps and other digital things. Some lasted for years, others were experiments that disappeared again rather quickly.
Professionally, I work in social pedagogy with children and young people. Outside of that, I’m involved in queer media and community projects, host a radio show, occasionally run media workshops and like building things with technology.
Early life and background
I was born on August 21, 1987, in Bern and grew up in the canton of Zug. I moved back to Bern when I was 19 and have lived here ever since.
I became interested in media and computers quite early. As a child and teenager, I experimented with video cameras, websites and small computer projects, usually without really knowing what I was doing at first.
That was part of the fun.
I still tend to learn things this way: I have an idea, wonder whether I could make it work and start experimenting.
At 18, I started uploading personal videos to YouTube under the name “huwy18”. Looking back, they were mostly a way of playing around with video, editing and publishing things online.
I also tend to have quite a few interests and projects at the same time. I like having a little Projektli somewhere in the background.
Social pedagogy
Some of that made more sense to me after I was diagnosed with ADHD in 2023, at the age of 36.
My professional background is in social pedagogy (Sozialpädagogik).
I work with children and young people in a specialised educational setting in the Bern region. Since 2020, I’ve worked at the boarding facility (Internat) of Sprachheilschule Wabern, where I took on the role of Leitung Internat (Head of Boarding) in 2026.
A large part of my work is simply everyday life: spending time together, supporting young people when something is difficult, organising things, having conversations and trying to find structures that work for the individual person.
I’m particularly interested in how environments and structures can make everyday life a little easier rather than adding more pressure.
That interest also finds its way into many of the other things I do.
Media and video
Video was probably my first big media interest.
After my early YouTube experiments, I started making somewhat more elaborate videos and eventually produced a number of small independent projects.
In 2013, I made the short film Hallo, geits no! and later used the name polgo Microproductions for some of my video work.
Between 2014 and 2015, I made #FabiosSofa, a small talk-show format in which I spoke with people from the Swiss queer community.
Other projects from that period included Drag Me Up, a documentary series featuring drag performer Clausette La Trine, as well as Besties, GayRadio Live and Bookclub.
Because these were small productions, I usually ended up doing quite a lot myself: filming, editing, sound, graphics and whatever else was needed.
I don’t work nearly as much with video today, but it’s still a medium I enjoy.
Radio and queer media
I’ve been involved with QueerUp Radio since 2011, back when it was still called GAYRADIO.
Most recently, I have been hosting Family Dinner, a programme built around conversations with queer people and people connected to the community.
I like radio because it can be surprisingly simple. You sit down with someone, start talking and see where the conversation goes.
The idea behind Family Dinner is similar: it should feel a little more like sitting around a table together than conducting a formal interview.
Queer community projects
Queer community work has been part of my life for many years.
Together with Daniel Frey, I co-founded the Swiss branch of the It Gets Better Project. I mainly worked on its videos and other creative content. The Swiss project was active until 2020.
Since 2023, I’ve been responsible for the newsletter of hab queer bern. Every two weeks, I collect events, news, recommendations and other things that might be interesting to queer people in and around Bern.
I’m also involved with the Queersicht LGBTIAQ+ Film Festival in Bern. Among other things, I’ve made a trailer for the festival and developed an iOS app for its programme.
Technology and little projects
I like technology, but mostly because I like making things with it.
Over the years, I’ve built websites, experimented with programming and developed a few small apps and tools.
One example is Tihi, a simple communication app intended for situations in which speaking is difficult or not possible. Another is the Queersicht Festival App, which I originally built because I wanted a convenient way to browse the festival programme on my phone.
A lot of my projects begin in roughly the same way: I want something to exist, discover that it doesn’t—or not quite in the way I imagined—and wonder whether I could build it myself.
Sometimes that turns into a finished project.
Sometimes it doesn’t.
I’m fine with both.
Workshops
From time to time, I run media workshops for children and young people, usually involving radio, podcasts or audio stories.
I enjoy giving participants the tools to make something themselves and then seeing what they come up with.
The result doesn’t have to be perfect. Trying things out is usually the more interesting part anyway.
Personal life
I live in Bern with my husband. We’ve been together for more than 20 years.
In 2023, at the age of 36, I was diagnosed with ADHD. The diagnosis helped me understand a few things about myself differently—including why I can become intensely interested in something, start far too many projects and occasionally forget that some of those projects already exist.
Over the years, I’ve also become increasingly interested in minimalism.
For me, that doesn’t mean owning as little as possible or having a perfectly empty home. It’s more about reducing unnecessary stuff, decisions and distractions.
I like technology, I like media, and I like making things.
But I also increasingly appreciate when things are simple.