From an early age I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up; a writer! Blessed with a healthy imagination and an unsateable hunger for knowledge, stories and essays were popping up one after another. While I was studying at the University of Utrecht, I learned to conduct research on specialist subjects and to write at an academic level in Dutch as well as English. During my college years I worked as a board member and editor for the A.G. van Hamel foundation. During this period I have with much pleasure contributed to colloquia, exhibitions, interviews and writing, editing and translating articles.

After my graduation I started working as an editor for the NPO (Dutch Public Broadcasting), where I was responsible for assembling, editing and writing texts and content for the Dutch tv-guides. Next I worked for the programming department of tv channel TLC for Discovery Networks, where I was responsible for channel strategy, scheduling, creating thematic stunts and writing promotional texts for new programmes. On the side I have worked on several incidental assignments in the field of editing, reporting and organisation.

In 2015 I made the big decision to start as a self-employed text writer, editor and translator. It's my passion to tell stories. By listening closely and performing thorough research I write various kinds of texts in an appealing and clear manner, keeping in mind the target group, media platform and the message. My assignments consist of translations from English to Dutch, corrections and writing articles. The last few years I have specialized further in the writing and optimizing of web texts, because I was noting an increasing need for websites that generate high search results by applying a straightforward style to tell what a company does and what it can offer.

Besides these activities I also publish my own online magazine Ripple Magazine with articles about all kinds of interesting subjects which fall outside of the margin. I live in the city of Utrecht, together with my husband Robin and our two cats. In my spare time I love to engage in reading, music, movies, cooking, (pastel)drawing, architecture, photography, travel and writing my first novel.