Lateesha Verwey is a curator in training at the Amsterdam Museum. 

We asked her 5 questions based on the 5 keywords of the Amsterdam Museum: Amsterdam, Open, Connecting, Narrative and Relevant.

"Amsterdam is really my home. I was born and raised there. On my mother's side, I am fifth generation Amsterdammer. My grandfather had a cafe in Amsterdam, which are also really purebred Jordanians. I can also talk very flat sometimes [laughs]."

"I link the word open to being open to each other, to other people, to other people's stories and the context of each other's existence. I also link it to a kind of gentleness toward each other."

Continue reading the full interview below. Interview by Jasmin Hoek.