I obtained both my bachelor and masters degree at the University of Amsterdam (both cum laude / with distinction). During my bachelor I focused on questions of belonging, diversity, religion, power and identity.

During my PhD research I developed creative and cooperative research into the imaginations of belonging of pupils in primary schools on St Martin. I succesfully defended my dissertation “Where Randy?” Education, Nationalism, and Playful Imaginations of Belonging on Sint Maarten” in September 2019.