尼科与妻子和三个孩子住在耶路撒冷。他在荷兰长大，在比利时鲁汶的 ETF 获得硕士学位。之后，他搬到以色列继续学习希伯来语。他在耶路撒冷罗斯伯格国际学校获得了《圣经及其世界》硕士学位，并在耶路撒冷希伯来大学获得博士学位，论文题目是《以赛亚书》的语言。

He has taught Biblical Hebrew for the Biblical Language Center, The University of the Holy Land and Jerusalem Center for Bible Translators. He has worked with Whole Word Institute since 2018, starting with a course on Isaiah, but has also taught Biblical Hebrew, poetry, the cultural background of the Hebrew Bible and has led many field trips. He loves to be involved in teaching Bible translators.