She trained as a fine artist and has worked as a journalist, content manager, and features editor for various publications. Her first poems were published in 2010 in Nuwe Stemme 4 and in 2012 she was the overall winner of the Nuwe Stories short story competition, her story "Ikoon" appearing in Nuwe Stories 1. Her debut collection of poetry, Fotostaatmasjien, was published in 2016 and won the UJ Debut Prize, the Eugene Marais Prize, the Elizabeth Eybers prize, and the ATKV Woordveertjie award for poetry.