After a career of 20 years as a master flower binder and teacher at agricultural schools, Hordijk made a switch to art education in 2006. In 2010 she graduated from the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, specializing in Visual Arts and Design. From 2006 to the present she works as a teacher of art subjects at CSG De Lage Waard in Papendrecht. In addition, she resumed her work as a visual artist from the beginning of 2018.