In January 1995 she returned to Granada where, after some temporary jobs and photo-collage commissions, in 1998 the focus was set on freelance design, mainly graphic and website design. One of the many proyects she managed was organizing 2 design workshops with Fernando Medina "Las Ideas Primero" .

In 2007 and 2008 3 beautiful children were born, and, coinciding with the economic crisis, a year later in 2009, she let go of her last clients and focussed fully on her young family.

In March 2013, an administrative job at a new multinational in town that badly needed Dutch native speakers, was offered and she became an employee for the time being. This "time being" lasted for litle more than 11 years, learning all about payroll, Dutch legislation, payroll accounting, SAP, she got certified in "Basis Kennis Loonadministratie" (BKL), "Praktijkdiploma Loonadministratie" (PDL), Lean Six Sigma (yellow belt). She learned about salaries, accounting, being meticulous and precise, eye for detail and staying sharp and concentrated, a welcome addition to her previous experiences. After 4 years, a new internal position was offered in the Products department to work on software automation as a Business Analyist, responsible for the Functional Design of the internal SAP PCC landscape. Learning about personas, business models, different Countries, cultures and very different ways of being and working all around the world.

In 2020, the Covid Pandemic hit the world, experiencing a full lockdown and many restrictions for a long time. Nevertheless, work never stopped, working from home since then. In the little personal time left, taking advantage of some old magazines, she made some collages for friends. This woke up an old flame inside and dusty old stored-away boxes were opened and unpacked after many years of silent waiting. Drawing, but particularly painting was the oxigene needed to fire up. Some online workshops stimulated more exploring and experimenting, and rapidly she got caught up in a spiral of painting with no clue on where it would end, if it would ever.

In 2023, after literally ending up painting in circles, it was time to take things more seriously and a year was spent with weekly local painting classes (David Conde), learning about painting methods, fundamentals, processes and building up the groove.

 

A nice hobby it would have been if it was not for the obsession that came with it. Bit by by giving up on other activities (the beloved vegetable garden) to have more time to paint and even the steady job was getting in the way, it became clear that this was much bigger than initially thought of. First of May 2024, the security of employment was sacrified for a total incertainty of outcome, only knowing (without proof) that it was about time...