She was born enslaved on a plantation in Aruba and, due to her rebellious nature, she repeatedly came into contact with the authorities.

Virginia, her mother, and her brothers and sisters all belonged to Jan Hendrik van der Biest, who was a Protestant colonist and assistant administrator in Aruba.

As a result, the authorities on the island punished her with fourteen days of forced labor on the public road.

Since imprisonment and forced labor didn't seem to deter her, she received her first and only physical punishment: fourteen lashes with a whip.

On June 10, 1861, she was apprehended by two police officers for being involved in a case of 'simple physical violence,' leading to a four-day imprisonment.

[9] Her relatives in Aruba adopted the surname "Bikker," and her daughter Jeanette took on the name "Daña".

[10] The last documented information about Virginia is that she gave birth to a son named Marcelino Martis Gaai in Willemstad on June 2, 1867.