[3] Orman introduced kamishibai, a Japanese form of storytelling, to the Netherlands and the ABC islands.

She received her teaching degree in Etten-Leur,[2] and worked as an elementary school teacher in Curaçao for five years.

[5] Orman returned to the Netherlands, and started to teach in Amsterdam Bijlmermeer, a multi-cultural high-rise neighbourhood from the 1970s.

[2] In 1994, Orman made her debut as a children's book writer with E biaha largo pa djeipei/De lange reis van hier tot om de hoek.

[2] She remembered that the oral tradition is still alive in Aruba, therefore, she started to introduce kamishibai, a Japanese form of storytelling with a miniature theatre, to the classroom.