In high school, I had a history teacher that had, let’s say, an alternative way of teaching. He was a storyteller to the T and he would go all-in. He would start class by putting on a wig and costume, then climb onto his desk and walk onto ours, pretending to be James Cook wandering over his deck. We were his crew, pulling out desks while he walked back and forth, looking for land

Abel Tasman said there was. His classes were so much fun that we forgot that we were even in one. And even though I wasn’t really interested in history at that time, his class was my favourite. 

Looking back, it was in that classroom where my story started.

It was then, that I realised I wanted to be a storyteller too. 

After high school, I went to study Performing Arts in Amsterdam, which confirmed the direction that I wanted to go for was right.

In my final year, I got to do a theatre project in Kenya, which showed me the potential of drama as a tool for education, and made me decide to start the Bachelor of Education in Theatre. Not particularly because I wanted to become a drama teacher teaching drama, but to use drama as a teaching tool. Hence why I struggled a little bit finding my way…

Until I got the opportunity to follow a minor called: “Acting in Training; Theatre as a tool for transformation ” focussing on social science, psychology and training communication skills by using theatre-based activities.