Cindy completed her Masters degree at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Before that, she completed her BA Honours (Philosophy) and a BSoSci Philosophy, Politics & Economics degrees, also at the University of Pretoria. All degrees were awarded with Distinction. 

Before joining Utrecht University, she worked as an academic tutor for the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pretoria (2018-2020). She was also an Assistant Lecturer for an Ethics of Artificial Intelligence course (2020). She has taught within the ethics of technology course at Utrecht University (2022 & 2023) and has also given guest lectures at various institutions focusing on both ethics of technology, and ethics more generally (2019-2023).