ANKE  was born and raised in Holland. She has a BA Degree in  Education and an advanced degree in Cultural Work from the Social Academy of Amsterdam. 

She started her career as an Elementary School Teacher and  then went on to complete her  advanced degree in Cultural Work.

For more then two years ANKE immersed herself in a self designed cultural research program where  she obtained hands on experiences working at all levels of the social  strata. Her purpose was to get 'street-smarts' and a better understanding of people.   

Then, for more then ten years, she was instructor and therapist at a school for physically and mentally challenged children in Holland.

( see My Story)

Now living in the United States, she is an inspirational speaker  and works as a Life Coach. She is the author of several Inspirational Books for adults and children and the founder of the  Woolly Wizard^™ Program for young children.

ANKE enjoys working with people who are willing to face the fact  that the lives they experience are the lives they themselves have actually been creating knowingly or unknowingly....and are willing to do something about that.