Van Doesburg was born in the Netherlands and moved to the Flemish region of Belgium as a teenager.

She grew up in Schilde and attended the Sint-Jan Berchmans College in Westmalle before obtaining a degree in political science at the University of Antwerp.

In the council, she sat on the committees for housing, urban and neighbourhood maintenance, greenery, animal welfare and health and senior care.

[2] Van Doesburg is also an opinion columnist for the newspaper De Morgen in which she writes about social challenges.

[3] In November 2021, she announced that she had become engaged to fellow N-VA politician Peter De Roover.