Ayla Schenk currently serves as a Policy Officer for Climate and Energy Transition at Gemeente Bladel, a position held since February 2023. Prior to this role, Ayla was a Junior Consultant in Watersoils and GIS at Geofoxx from March 2019 to January 2023, where Ayla also completed an internship. Additional experience includes working as a Guest Service Employee at Safaripark Beekse Bergen from October 2018 to September 2021 and serving as a GIS Student Assistant at Leiden University in late 2017. Ayla holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth, Energy and Sustainability (Honours) from Leiden University College The Hague, completed in 2018, and a VWO in Economics and Society from Mill-Hill College, attained in 2013.