Yvonne is  from the Netherlands, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the Hogeschool van Amsterdam in Mensendieck Therapy and trained to become a massage therapist and bodyworker. 

She opened her practice for Mensendieck Therapy in The Netherlands in 2000, before moving with her family to the U.S. in 2009. 

She worked for years as an LMT at Loyly, before opening her own private practice in 2015, providing therapeutic massage and bodywork. Meanwhile she volunteered at the Oregon Ballet Theater, providing treatments to the principal dancers.

In 2021, she became the Dean of Students at East West College for the Healing Arts where she provided support to students who were on their journey to becoming massage therapists. She loved tutoring and teaching Kinesiology. 

Since 2024 she focuses on her private practice in the SE of Portland. In her free time you can find her in nature.