Education
- Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Economic-linguistic study, HES, Rotterdam, propaedeutic year (course not completed)
- Pre-university education Roman Catholic Norbertuscollege, Roosendaal, upto 1992
Career
- Team leader, Social Affairs and Employment Department, municipalty of Rotterdam, district Feijenoord 2002-2004
- Alderwoman municipality Nieuwerkerk aan den Ijssel (now Zuidplas) 2004-2009
- Alderwoman municipality Zuidplas January 2010-June 2010