I was born in 1980, in Utrecht, where I studied for several years (medicine and social sciences) after growing up in the surrounding forest area. Part of my academic years I spent in  South-America, where I also traveled, learned to dance the tango and perfected my Spanish.

 

Upon coming back to The Netherlands I moved to Amsterdam, where I finished a master's degree in Media & Culture, and worked in various jobs related to culture and education, before meeting my Uruguayan partner Gerardo in 2006.

 

This led to a period of extensive self-development. I participated in an intensive clown course in Ibiza, Spain, and did a training in energy work and  healing, while accepting work that brought me what I needed in the moment, thus creating my own school of life.

 

Between 2013 and 2019 Gerardo and I have had three children together. About a year after the third, I started my work as a doula.