After my secondary education, I obtained my Master degree as translator English and Italian at the Lessius Hogeschool in Antwerp in 1994. I worked for a travel agency between 1994 and 2000.

In 2000, I obtained my certificate as a teacher in higher secondary education.

Since 2000, I have worked as a teacher at the Guldensporencollege in Kortrijk, Belgium. I mainly teach Dutch and English, but I have often been involved in innovative projects such as 'De proeftuinen', where we explored new ways of teaching and assessment. 

This year, our school has entered the CLIL-project (Content and Language Integrated Learning). In this project, we teach non-language subjects such as religion, history and human sciences in French or English (instead of Dutch).

For our fifth form pupils, we combine the CLIL-project with MOOC classes, in which we want to enhance the digital learning skills of our pupils.