THE FOUNDERS
Roy van Broekhuizen’s family fled Indonesia when he was nine years old, of Dutch and Indonesian descent, and moved to The Netherlands. Two years later (1961) they immigrated to the United States. Louise Meulstee was born in The Hague, Netherlands and, as fate would have it, her parents were also born in Indonesia of Dutch and Indonesian descent. As a matter of fact, Roy and Louise’s mothers had been childhood friends and faithfully stayed in touch over the years. Louise’s family also immigrated to the United States in 1961, when she was six years old. It was years later, in 1987 to be exact, that Roy and Louise joined their lives together. With their history, it is not by mere chance that the two would form a union that would touch the lives of so many people across the oceans. They hope their work blesses you here in the United States as you consider becoming an integral part in rebuilding lives — one handbag at a time. Roy and Louise do not profit from Laga Handbags.
