She is known as the longtime host of the Radio Apintie program "Niet zomaar een gesprek."
[1][2] She is the daughter of the writer Tonko Tonckens, whose book De vicieuze cirkel is set on the Paramaribo coast.
She wrote her first story for children, "Maria gaat op stap," in 2005; it was published in the anthology Groeten uit Paramaribo.
In 1992, she was hired to work for Radio Apintie, where she hosted a program called "Niet zomaar een gesprek" ("Not Just Any Conversation").
[4] In 2015, she was chosen alongside Marten Schalkwijk [nl] to host the current affairs program "Opiniemakers" on Apintie Television.