Manon Niemeijer has a masters degree in pedagogical sciences from the University of Groningen and an educational masters in social sciences form the University of Twente. She taught mostly social studies at different Dutch secondary schools, but also English, Latin, Philosophy and Epistemology. Besides teaching she always fulfilled different coordinating roles within the student support. She developed the education of/and was a teacher in the Pre-University Honours Program of the University of Twente. After years of working with the Dutch educational system, she now is Principal of the lower years at IST Secondary.