About
Jeremy Houtsma
A little about me:
How long have you been doing this?
Short Answer? Since 2013: - 12 years
Long answer:
I’ve had a strong background in digital media since I was in high-school. After I graduated from high-school, I went to college to study TV and film at Rowan University in NJ. After moving to Bellingham, WA in 2007 I started doing freelance video work where I would carry on that work when I moved to Philadelphia. When I came back to Bellingham a year later in 2013 I knew I needed to market myself and expand my work so I learned web and graphic design to supplement income and did website work for local business’s.
Why did you move to the PNW from NJ of all place?
I fell in love with Bellingham, WA after visiting my brother who had moved there to follow his now wife. I fell in love with the town immediately. Everything from the scenery, the budding craft beer scene to the wonderful people I met and became friends with was a new and different experience from growing up outside of NYC in New Jersey. While I miss some things about NJ (food, history and familiar places) I wouldn’t trade living here for everything.
Are there specific buisness’s you like to work with?
I really love working with anyone who is trying to make it in this world as small business owner. However, in 2012 I got my Master’s in Counseling Psychology and started working as a therapist. I opened a business in 2012 in Bellingham and then in Vancouver, WA. I have always had a heart for seeing mental health business owners thrive.
What are you like outside of your job.
I’m first and foremost a dad and husband but I also am a musician, a podcast host and a lover of history.
I also super enjoy cooking, foraging for mushrooms and relaxing with a cup of good coffee or a nice beer.