I grew up in Amsterdam taking things apart to see how they worked. Lego, phones, computers. I built my own PC before I understood why that was unusual. The details in systems came naturally. What changed over time was the scale of what I applied them to.

My proudest work was an internship in offshore wind R&D. It was real, technically demanding, and it mattered. That's when I understood what I was looking for. The thesis that followed, five months in a basement searching for a new machine in a production line, confirmed the opposite. I needed my work to mean something!

I didn't know exactly what that looked like yet, so I chose broad. An MSc in Urban Technology. Cities, transitions, systems thinking. It opened doors I didn't know existed. The projects inside it were the most meaningful work I'd done: urban waste systems, rainwater management, heat mitigation infrastructure. Work that was actually trying to create a better future.

Right now I'm in Uruguay, rebuilding an educational eco-farm after a fire. Mixing cement and building steel frames in Spanish. It's the hardest physical work I've done. It's also exactly where I want to be.

I'm building towards an in the field career in climate-vulnerable regions. The kind of work that happens in the field, not in a basement. Want to have a conversation? Here I am!