Marieke Beeler

Marieke Beeler was born Marieke Klosse and grew up in a small town 'Wijk bij Duurstede' in The Netherlands. As a teenager she used to play tennis at a national level and dreamed about combining study and tennis in the United States. An injury kept her from pursuing tennis, but not the study. After achieving her degree in Communication Management at the Institute of Higher European Studies in The Hague (Netherlands), she moved to Boston and got her Master's degree in Integrated Marketing Communication at Emerson College.

Marieke has studied and worked in several different cities and countries: Salamanca & Madrid (Spain), Brussels (Belgium), Florence (Italy) and Boston (MA) and speaks 6 languages: Dutch, English & German (fluently), Spanish, Italian & French (conversational). While concluding her Master's program with an internship at a large PR-firm in Los Angeles, she realized for the first time that this was a city where she could picture herself living. Fate? Maybe, for it was this very city where she met and became friends with her future husband, David. "I considered him one of my best friends, until I realized I was in love with him.

Marieke now runs Beeler Photography and Beeler Greetings together with David, teaches Public Speaking part-time at Glendale Community College, and is a proud mommy to Kai, who was born on February 5, 2008.