{"id":1758,"date":"2025-12-18T13:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/dongen\/?post_type=people-type&#038;p=1758"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:31:17","slug":"monica-michels-van-moergastel","status":"publish","type":"people-type","link":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/dongen\/mensen\/monica-michels-van-moergastel\/","title":{"rendered":"Monica Michels van Moergastel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--10 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--10  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--14 wrapper__width-desktop--20 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--4 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"heading heading__align--left heading__color--black heading__size--giant heading__font--serif heading__weight--regular  block-heading__heading\" id=\"nav-monica-michels-van-moergastel2237\"  data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Monica Michels-van Moergastel\" >\n\tMonica Michels-van Moergastel<\/h1>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--110 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--60 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--50  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-video\">\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"block-video__video-wrapper\"\n\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/media.d66.nl\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/12\/D66-Dongen-16112025-11-klein-kopie-1-scaled.jpg')\"\n\t>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-video__caption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-video__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--small paragraph__weight--medium\">\n\t\tBeeld: Valentina Fotografie\t<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--70 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--50  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--18 wrapper__width-desktop--22 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--2 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-people-introduction\">\n\t<div class=\"block-people-introduction__content\">\n\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--big\">\n\t\t&#8220;Maak kennis met Monica. Voor haar is onderwijs en ontwikkeling niet zomaar een vakgebied; het zit in haar genen. Dagelijks zet zij zich bij de Pabo van Fontys Hogeschool in Tilburg in om de leerkrachten van de toekomst op te leiden. Maar ook in Dongen is ze een bekend gezicht. Als voormalig schooldirecteur en bestuurslid van het Kunstpodium weet ze precies wat er leeft in de haarvaten van onze gemeente, van het klaslokaal tot de culturele sector.<br>Monica brengt die schat aan ervaring nu naar D66. Ze is een politica die gelooft in de kracht van de democratie en, belangrijker nog, in-het-echt-horen van inwoners. Verwacht van haar geen mooie praatjes om de werkelijkheid te verbloemen; Monica staat voor daadkracht en eerlijkheid over wat er wel en niet kan. Met haar optimistische blik zoekt ze altijd de verbinding, want zij is ervan overtuigd dat we Dongen alleen samen sterker kunnen maken.<br> <br><strong>Waarom Monica kiest voor D66:<\/strong><br>Monica sluit aan bij D66 omdat de partij staat voor een\u00a0positief en progressief geluid\u00a0in Dongen. Zij herkent zich in de kernwaarden van de partij:\u00a0<br>Geloof in democratie:\u00a0Het versterken van de lokale democratie door inwoners echt te horen.<br>Optimisme en verbinding:\u00a0Werken vanuit een positieve blik om samen de gemeente sterker te maken.<br>Eerlijkheid en daadkracht:\u00a0Geen loze beloften, maar transparante politiek over wat haalbaar is.<br><br><strong>Wat Monica wil bereiken met D66 in Dongen:<\/strong><br>Monica zet haar ervaring in om concrete verbeteringen te realiseren op gebieden die haar nauw aan het hart liggen:<br>Onderwijs en Ontwikkeling:\u00a0D66 Dongen streeft naar gelijke kansen voor elk kind en volwassene in de gemeente. Monica wil haar expertise gebruiken om de kwaliteit van en toegang tot onderwijs te waarborgen.<br>Cultuur en Samenleving:\u00a0Vanuit haar ervaring bij Het Kunstpodium wil zij de culturele sector in de haarvaten van de gemeente versterken en toegankelijk houden.<br>Nieuwe Bestuurscultuur:\u00a0Zij wil af van &#8220;mooie praatjes&#8221; en streeft naar een bestuur dat in gesprek gaat met de samenleving op basis van vertrouwen en draagvlak.<br>Een Veilig en Thuis Dongen:\u00a0Bijdragen aan een gemeente waar iedereen zich thuis, op straat en op school veilig voelt.\u00a0\t<\/p><section class=\"people-bullet-point-card block-people-introduction__people-bullet-point-card\" style=\"--bg-color: var(--global-colors-yellow)\">\n\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__title\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading    heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-over-monica28\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Over Monica\">\n\tOver Monica<\/h2>\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"people-bullet-point-card__border\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__info\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"lists\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><label>Geboorteplaats<\/label><span>Boxmeer<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t<li><label>Woonplaats<\/label><span>Dongen<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default\">\n\t\t\t<\/p><div class=\"content-accordion js-content-accordion\" data-accordion-opened=\"0\">\n\n\t\n\t<button id=\"content-accordion-trigger-544010177\" class=\"content-accordion__trigger js-content-accordion-trigger\" aria-label=\"Functie historie\" aria-controls>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__heading\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading   heading__size--medium heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-functie-historie9778\">\n\tFunctie historie<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/button>\n\n\t<section id=\"content-accordion-panel-544010177\" class=\"content-accordion__panel js-content-accordion-panel\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"content-accordion-trigger-544010177\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__description\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"content-accordion lists content-accordion__lists lists__weight--medium lists__color--black lists__type--default\"><li><label>2026 &#8211; nu <\/label><span>Raadslid<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"content-accordion__border\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--20  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24\">\n\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":507,"featured_media":1878,"menu_order":0,"template":"","labels":[],"search-tags":[],"division-tags":[250],"class_list":["post-1758","people-type","type-people-type","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","division-tags-kandidatenlijst"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D66 Dongen &#8212; Onze mensen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Maak kennis met Monica. 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