"There was no turning back for me. I finished school and university, and went to Australia for one year to backpack. When I came home, I got a job in Dublin, and a year later, I got another job in Amsterdam. When I became an entrepreneur in 2014, I lived as a digital nomad for 3.5 years, traveling between Asia, Europe, and South America."
"I settled in the Netherlands and got married to my Dutch husband. We both speak English, German, and Dutch, and we knew we wanted our kids to grow up with these languages, so we started reading books and listening to podcasts about how to do it effectively. The first rule that we learned is to be consistent and clear. One parent, one language"
Born in Germany, she felt from a young age that the country would not be her home and sought schooling abroad at age eleven, attending a two-week summer school in Eastbourne, England. The experience, including celebrating her twelfth birthday among international students, sparked a lifelong fascination with languages and cultures. She backpacked in Australia, worked in Dublin and Amsterdam, and became an entrepreneur, living as a digital nomad for 3.5 years across Asia, Europe, and South America. Settled in the Netherlands with a Dutch husband, she and her partner raise their children trilingually—German, Dutch, and English—following consistent strategies like one parent, one language.
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