At age 13 I was part of an open water relay race across the English Channel with 5 other girls (Six Girls No Bouys), with this huge achievement we became the youngest ever relay team to cross the channel and we raised £25,000 for our school’s science department. Enduring the training definitely taught me that, nothing great is easy and persistence always pays off. Then from 2017 until 2019 I taught swimming lessons for children aged 4 to 12 yrs, this was my first job which made it special, but it was also magical to be a part of this learning process with the children, allowing them see both the fun and the importance of swimming. Swimming is both a very important life skill, but also a useful tool for learning about the body and mobility; it is just as much exercise as it is a change in tempo. During this time I also did a private swimming lesson with a man with autism and physical handicap, these classes had always a strong focus on water mobility, stretching and a heavy dosage of verbal encouragement! So what ever the swimming stage, I am eager to find how I can support your swimming dreams! I am also an art student at the Royal Academy of Art in the Hague, so I spend the majority of my time painting in my studio, which like all skills, you only grow with repetition!