{"id":74235,"date":"2025-12-09T09:12:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T08:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cmtc.nl\/?p=74235"},"modified":"2025-12-09T09:12:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T08:12:57","slug":"tari-de-jong-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmtc.nl\/en\/blog\/2025\/12\/09\/tari-de-jong-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Tari de Jong &#8211; Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Tari de Jong. I was born with a port-wine stain, also known as a capillary malformation, on my right arm. Since around 2017\/2018, this condition has led to some sports-related issues, which eventually brought me to become a member of CMTC-OVM. It\u2019s incredibly valuable that such an organization exists for children nowadays \u2014 I think it would have helped me a lot as well.<\/p>\n<p>During my student years, I lived in Delft, where I first completed a degree in Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management, and later in Econometrics. 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