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Apr 16 2024

A Tribute to my mother.

Mama Oma Willy Monsantofils Duysings passed over into her heavenly home peacefully at home 10:56pm March 27, 2024 surrounded by family members.Mama, Willy Monsantofils Duysings, was born on September 2, 1926 in Porwokerto, on the island of Java, in The Dutch East Indies.She passed away on March 27, 2024 at age 97. She was the […]

Oct 22 2023

Melissa

I am Melissa Marthese, a third generation Indo born and raised in Southern California.  I am the oldest of two girls born to parents, Chris Martheze (born in Ngawi, East Java) and Joyce Bakkers Leidelmeyer (born in Djakarta).  I am a single mother of three kids, who I have continued to raise around the same beliefs […]

Oct 22 2023

Victor

Hi everyone my name Is Victor Vander Geugten. I am Dutch-Indonesian. I was born in the city of Angels (Los Angeles CA) which makes me a native SoCal Indo. My Mom & Dad came to America in 1959 & moved to La Crescenta CA. I am still living in the area to this day. Love my […]

Oct 22 2023

Kaila

I’m  Kaila Uli, a third generation Indo. I was born and raised in Southern Ca with my 5 siblings. I don’t know much about my family’s history before immigrating. It’s not something we talked about very often.  I know Oma and Opa had to leave Indonesia for The Netherlands prior to coming to the U.S. My […]

Oct 22 2023

Joey

I am Joey Van der Linden, 3rd  Generation Indo. I was born and raised in The Hague. My family moved to Southern California in 1988. After years of schooling, hard work and the support from my mother and father I have become a International Registered Vascular Specialist at a local trauma hospital for 10+ years. I […]

Oct 22 2023

Jason

My name is Jason Schmidt Weymans Arlington, I was born in Texas and raised in Hawaii then California. I come from a large Indo family. I feel fortunate and blessed that my Opa and Oma had the opportunity, strength, and courage to uproot themselves and their six children to start a new future for all of us. […]

Feb 17 2023

Asia Paige Verbrugge 

Being a 22 year old woman of Dutch-Indonesian (as in Dutch Indo/Indo Dutch/Indo European or Eurasian) heritage in the United States has been a journey of embracing my unique identity. Despite the challenges I face as a result of my ambiguity, I have learned to find beauty, pride, and strength in my uniqueness. At times, […]

Apr 13 2018

Jacque Ford

Both my parents are Indo’s. They met in their teen years here in Southern California. In my generation, (80’s kid) most “Indo” kids did not come from both parents of Dutch Indonesian decent. All my mom and dad’s Generation, who all mostly shared the story of their parents being in concentration camps on the island, married […]

Apr 13 2018

Jamie Stern

When SoCal Indo asked me to be an “Indo of the Month”, and tell my story, it felt like such an honor – and then immediately I wondered “Where do I even begin?!” My path to Indo enlightenment was ridiculously disjointed at the beginning. I started off at the age of 22 having no idea […]

Apr 13 2018

Sarah Niebuhr

My Indo Story Hi! I’m Sara and I live in beautiful Orange County, California, where I was born and raised. I graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a dream of traveling the world. This dream became a reality when I became a flight attendant. Throughout my career, I lived and worked in multiple places including […]

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