Joan Marques'

Personal webpage

 

Welcome

 

I was born in Paramaribo, Suriname in the year of the rat.

Sunny Suriname is a republic, located on the northeast coast of South America.

My native language is dutch, but we speak our own language (lingua franca) as well: Sranang Tongo.

The dutch prefer to call it: "taki-taki", probably because it sounds like that J

 

In the seventies I visited the Mr. Dr. J.C. de Miranda Lyceum and in the eighties I studied Business Economics (HEAO).

 

Communication has always been my first love.

One way or another, I was always in touch with media people, and while doing research for one of my term papers on highschool, I was requested to make a voice-test for the SRS (Stichting Radio Omroep Suriname/ Foundation Radio Announcement Suriname)

That's where my carreer started.

From 1977 on I was successively: radio-announcer, advertising agency employee and radio- and tv show-host.

In 1979 I started my own advertising agency, while continuing producing and hosting my own shows on radio and tv.

In the nineties I started making documentaries about my country in an effort to increase self-esteem among my fellow countrymen.

In 1996 I founded "de Stichting Vrouwen voor Vrouwen" (the Foundation Women for Women) , producing and presenting programs about Surinamese women, their struggles, achievements and possibilities.

I am the mother of three wonderful youngsters: Coert (19), Evita (17) and Mercedes (15)

In 1998 I moved to Burbank, California, where I started studying again.

Currently I am an MBA-student at Woodbury University.

 

In my opinion "good life" consists of :

(remember: this is the dawning of the age of aquarius…)

 

What I've learned from life up till now?

" Simplicity, friendliness, an open mind and a positive attitude are the answer to everything"

 

 

Click here to send me an email J

 

 

Hope to hear from you soon......... Have a good day......... Be good to yourself and others..........