With a great passion for theatre and a strong interest in people, Marina attended the HKU Academy for Theatre Arts in Utrecht. She graduated as a first-degree drama teacher. While studying at the HKU, she attended a one-year program at the California State University with a focus on acting and directing. Her passion for theatre deepened into physical theatre and she specialised in this field at the Kleine Academie in Brussels (pedagogy Lecoq). Her focus became the authenticity and true impulses of the actor and the creation of visual performances. After her studies, she began to develop her own courses and workshops in physical theatre and improvisation. She did this based on her belief that such courses would empower students not only in the field of theatre, but also in a wider area of their lives.

After many years and a wide range of experience as a teacher, mentor and trainer in the field of theatre education, Marina now offers these courses at ITACA Leiden. She has an international background and is bilingual in English and Dutch.

Arts and educational organisations where Marina has worked as a freelancer or employee include among others, the LAK (Leiden University), Gymnasium Felisenum, University of Applied Sciences Amsterdam, Rijnlands Lyceum, Youth Theatre Rabarber, HKU Academy for Theatre Arts, Sipario (ESA-ESTEC), Master in Theatre Maastricht, Jeetje Mila Foundation (Founder).