She lived in Australia for a year and attended the University of Amsterdam, where she received a degree in public administration.

From 1993 to 1996 she studied music at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam[1] and took master classes with Dianne Reeves and Margriet Eshuis.

She has toured in Spain, Turkey, Switzerland and France, and regularly performs in the United Kingdom.

She was invited to several concerts in China and performed with the Orchestra de Jazz do Algarve in Portugal.

Huizinga's most frequent collaboration is with her husband, the pianist, composer, and arranger Erik van der Luijt.