Marieke runs Branding Personality and educates her clients on how to get more customers through Social Media Marketing & Search Engine Marketing. Her team is 11 people strong. Marieke lived and worked in Brazil, Romania, the US and in the Netherlands – where she was born and raised. Marieke is an internationally published co-author of BusinessWise, a collaborative book for small companies with large ambitions. She is listed in the VIVA400 for 2009 & 2010 in the Netherlands, a ranking that lists the 400 most successful women in the Netherlands. She is a frequently asked speaker at Chapman University, UCLA and more. Creativity, collaboration & entrepreneurship are three important values that are undervalued in the traditional school system. Because of this, Marieke unschools her children to learn through following their passions & interests. She is also a co-founder of The Open School and hosts the Education Revolution Meetup.