Built my own college at 17.

Made myself an expert in self-directed learning.

Gave a TEDx talk.

Consulted schools, corporates, and universities.

Created an online course on self-directed learning

Global rotation in 7 countries in 4 years.

Major in Political Science & Economics. Minor in Philosophy: Ethics and Law.

The world’s #1 innovative university.

True diversity: students from 100+ countries

Program focussed on research skills & problem-solving.

Internship #1 Data Journalism team in the world.

Worked during election time Sep - Dec 2023.

Data analysis

Focus on themes: elections, social impact, sustainability.

Working in Spanish.

Minerva University did not have a course on Social Impact yet.

I thought that was a problem, and created my own.

62 people signed up for the first edition in fall 2023.

I care about teaching students how they can not only make money but create social value.

I now understand Minerva University from two sides: as a student and curriculum designer.

After becoming an expert on self-directed learning I gave many talks.

A highlight was my TEDx talk.

I have spoken for thousands of people in 50+ talks.

The most special place I ever gave a talk was on the North Pole.

How can we create a learning culture in our organization? - is my favorite question.

When I started It’s Your College I did a lot of research into education.

This research was published in two books.

An art book called Let’s Do This.

A non-fiction called: Onderwijsvragen [Questions about Education].

These experiences taught me to translate academic research to different audiences.

Is the newsletter I started in 2019.

I write about self-directed learning, entrepreneurship, and career development.

My favorite segment in the newsletter is ‘date your career’ where I use dating metaphors to give career development tips.

The most-read article is about Recognition Intelligence.

My favorite is this one about interdisciplinarity.