Book Launch "Gemaakt voor Meer" & Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

Resilience was not an option — it was the only way forward.

Raised in poverty. At the age of five, she was on the streets. Adopted. Single mom. And today, self-employed. No straight line. No easy path.

I want to take you somewhere personal for a moment — something I'm sharing today because, in many ways, it's your story too. I'm writing a book. It's called 'Made for More' — and that's not a marketing tagline. It's what I've felt for years, and for a long time didn't dare to believe.

I grew up in poverty in a mountain village in the Dominican Republic. At five, I was left on the street. At seven, I was adopted by a Belgian family and landed in a completely different world — a new language, a new culture, and a constant question: do I actually belong here?

For years, I did everything I could…