Has a Master's degree in Linguistics from the University of California, San Diego, USA. She specialized in Second Language Acquisition and Bilingual Education. Tracy Terrell (Natural Approach methodology) was her advisor. She taught English at a school and a university, and Spanish as a foreign language a university in the USA. She implemented the Department of English at San Ignacio de Loyola University (Lima, Peru) when it was first founded. Currently she is the owner and general manager of "Mecky Steenmetz Language Consultancy S.R.L." where she is in charge of education consulting, teacher training, and developing language courses for all levels in several languages for a wide range of clients. She obtained a certificate in Educational Neuroscience from the Universidad La Salle, Arequipa, together with CEREBRUM, Lima, Peru.
In addition to developing different types of courses and being a consultant, Mecky is an English, Spanish, and Dutch translator, and interpreter for Dutch. She also has a certificate in Life Coaching from the Instituto de Terapia Racional y Emotiva [Rational and Emotional Therapy Institute], Lima, Peru, and a certificate as an interdisciplinary yoga teacher from the Nosara Institute (Costa Rica).
She was a competitive athlete in basketball and masters swimming (ranked worldwide in the Top 10 of her category in several events during her competitive life).