Joan is a seasoned culture professional with a big heart for the urban scene. Her knowledge and experience with the cultural field and the key figures in it ensure that her advice is very valuable, something that I have used countless times and have been able to create the most fantastic new collaborations with. In addition, Joan has a very impressive network of enterprising women of color, so do yourself and your organization a favor and let Joan mediate for you.

Joan is a person with a passion for the culture and story of artists and personalities in the Urban scene. She has worked in various fields within the creative industry, often on her own initiative. Even more reasons to trust her. She spotted me in the scene as an emerging artist and referred me to the right people to make my music project possible. She understands the artist's story and recognizes a match with what's hot right now. You can't get anyone better than her!

UCWB helped me in giving advice when I took my first entrepreneurial steps. I have now managed to create a platform for spoken word and poetry artists in The Hague, partly through consultations. It soon became clear that issues related to diversity and cultural sector aspects are things that UCWB knows how to deal with. As they say "they showed me the ropes". - Daniëlle Zawadi, founder of Het Zwarte Schaap & spoken word artist.

During my participation as a panel member at 'Meet The Urban Pro's' via the Cultuur Schakel in The Hague, I met a lot of young talent that I (hopefully) was able to inspire and help (and vice versa!) A great experience thanks to the flawless organization and preparation of UCWB .