After ISS, I attended the International Baccalaureate in Oegstgeest (Netherlands), I ended up working in tourism for a number of years and then switched to IT. I worked as a network specialist for a few years at the Technical University in Delft when I got ill.

In 2002, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). I had a number of very rough years (dealing with paralysis, double vision and a severe balance disorder) and intitially I was told to prepare to die or be in care within 10 years. Somehow my luck changed and I am able to move around again. You would not know by looking at me that I am ill.

What I took away from ISS, not just in a corperate setting, is how to connect with people from all walks of life, how to find common ground and work from there, and that there are numerous ways to approach any issue life might throw at you. It broadened my mind and my outlook on life.