Csilla is the Coordinator of New Hope Hungary in Debrecen, Hungary, near the eastern border of Hungary. Csilla and the staff in Debrecen work in conjunction with the rest of the New Hope Hungarian staff, which are located in Cluj, Romania.

Csilla was born in Sarospatak, Hungary, and graduated from a Teacher Training College in that city in 1991. In 1992, she went to the U.S. and worked as a nanny for 5 years. She returned to Hungary in April 1997, living with her family for a year while continuing her business education, taking courses in computers, keyboarding, English, and office procedures. She began to work for New Hope in 1998, moving to Debrecen.

Csilla's parents never took her to church, her grandmothers did. Her parents went to church, when they were little, but once they started to work, they didn't wanted to risk their jobs. That was during the communism years. Her grandmother taught her how to pray and took her to church, except she  never understood the pastor.  During her college years, she often promised God, that, if her tests were good, she would visit church - but she rarely did.  While teaching at an Elementary school, she daily had to walk  by a church (but never entering it), and she began praying that God would help her to find work in another European country.  Her biggest dream, however, was to one day to be allowed to go to the U.S.  Then, in early  1992, God answered her prayer and allowed her to go to the Chicago area, with Csilla still promising God that she would visit one of His churches.  Finally, in 1995, she began to visit Willow Creek Community Church in a  suburb in Chicago, and attended services every Saturday night.  After joining a small group, she became a Christian on November 11, 1995 and the next month was baptized.  Later on, God convicted her to return to  Hungary (her U.S. tourist visa had expired).

Csilla desired to join New Hope International after meeting Hank Paulson, its President. She saw the need in her country for helping children, youth and families and appreciated New Hope’s strategy to accomplish this by working through National workers. She recognized the need for quality training and tools for children, youth, and family workers, as well as good examples of strong and healthy churches.

In the future, Csilla desires to coordinate more conferences for church leaders and children workers, as well as distributing “Footsteps of Faith,” a Sunday School Curriculum and other printed training materials. Her hope to develop a strong New Hope team in Debrecen.