I originally studied musicology, combined with a couple of practical courses like music journalism and web editing, and I worked with great pleasure as a writer, editor and webmaster for a couple of years. At a certain point in life however, I decided I wanted to go back to the Antilles, having lived on Curacao as a kid. I became a divemaster and later a dive instructor, a job that - like my last work - I'm very passionate about. But being a fulltime instructor is physically demanding job, and I feel that I need to slow down a bit on the teaching, for my body's sake. Ideally I would be looking for a parttime job that allows me to teach a course every now and then too, however for the right job, I'd be happy to change that ambition to a 40 hours workweek.

I'm looking for a challenge in my work, something that will demand my intelligence as well as my physical presence. I'm in the posession of a (Dutch) driverslicence, I'm an Emergency First Responce instructor and an SDI Instructor trainer. I speak and write Dutch and English, understand and read German, but my Papiamentu desperately needs improvement.
If you would like an idea of my writing (in Dutch), you can check my website: www.astriddejager.nl.