Priscilla, Founder and Chair of The Indo Project, was born in Jakarta, on the island of Java in the former Dutch East Indies. She is of Indo-European ancestry, with a father of German Dutch descent and mother who is Indonesian. As what so often happened to Indo families after Indonesia’s independence, her family “repatriated” from Indonesia…
Jeff Keasberry is a third generation Indo and was born in Amsterdam and raised in his grandmother’s Indonesian restaurant Djokja, of which he became the proprietor at the age of 18. Jeff has a background in the hospitality & shipping industry with experience in business development and supply chain management. As self-proclaimed curator of Indo Dutch…
Patricia Teunisse is a second generation Indo. Her parents, Renee Teunisse and Christiaan Teunisse were both born in Indonesia. Renee Teunisse (Pieters) in Jakarta and Christiaan Teunisse in Java. Both survived the war times in their birth country under Japanese occupation but were repatriated to the Netherlands after the Bersiap Periode. They met, fell in…
Jamie Stern is a third generation Indo born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her Indo roots come from her loving mother, Terri, who was born in Semarang, Indonesia. Terri’s family left Indonesia in 1958 and repatriated to the Netherlands where they stayed for four years before immigrating to the US in the early 1960s.…
Maureen was born in Surabaya, on the island of Java. In 1958, Maureen, her father, Martinus de Schepper “ a Steurtje” (born in Magelang), her mother, Norma de Schepper-Van Eekhout (born in Surabaya) and her younger sister “repatriated” to The Netherlands. After two brothers were born in Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands, the family of six was…
Josina is a second generation Indo. She was born, raised and lives in the heart of the Netherlands. She will focus on Indo Group activities and reporting on them. She is a journalist, photographer and filmmaker from 1986. She publishes magazines, books and videos for newspapers, bands and private individuals. Her father was the son of…
Christiaan Westerkamp is a second generation Indo. His father was born on the island of Java in the former Dutch East Indies to two Dutch-Indo parents. Christiaan’s paternal grandmother was from Cimahi, outside of Bandung, and his paternal grandfather was from Manado, on the island of Sulawesi. After surviving four years of imprisonment in Japanese…
Willem-Jan Brederode (1979) was born and raised in the beautiful province of Noord-Brabant, home to many Indo families in the Netherlands. He holds an MSc degree in Business Administration from Radboud University Nijmegen and has been working in the international banking industry for nearly 20 years. Willem-Jan later moved to California, where he now lives with…
Jane Vogel Mantiri is a proud Indo and honored to be serving on the Board of Directors for the Indo Project (TIP). She was born in Jakarta Indonesia and emigrated to the United States in 1960. Jane is a retired trauma psychologist, an actor, US Army veteran, and advocate for social justice. Jane recently published…
Marghuerita was born in the Netherlands. Her family lived in Java before WWII. Marghuerita’s mother had suffered during her internment in Japanese Camps during WWII, after several years of living in the Netherlands, her Dutch physician recommended that the family move to a warm climate, because her health was worsening. The family moved to Southern California…