Marijke was born on 19 March 1983 in Wilrijk (Belgium).
She studied accounting, IT (information technology) and company management at the Ursulinen school in Mechelen and the Karel De Grote University College in Antwerp.
At the age of nine she enrolled at the Municipal Music Academy of Willebroek where she studied solfège, cornet and piano.
She took her first steps in the world of concert band, fanfare and brass band as a cornet player in the Royal Fanfare Willen Is Kunnen in Tisselt (Belgium).
In 2006 she started her business career at Bernaerts Music as order picker and music dispatcher and in 2007 she joined the sales team.
In 2009 she assumed the leadership of the Bernaerts Music sales team as the sales & account manager and she ensures that your orders are shipped correctly and quickly.