After graduating from high school, she moved to
Jakarta and majored in
architecture at
Pelita Harapan University. She met
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama at a church and married him on 6 September 1997, at the age of 19. The couple had three children, Nicolas Sean, Nathania and Daud Albeneer. She accompanied Basuki when he was inaugurated as
Governor of Jakarta. When Basuki was detained for blasphemy, she read a letter written by Basuki to his supporters. On 5 January 2018, Basuki reportedly filed for divorce from Veronica. A court granted Basuki's petition for divorce in early April 2018, and gave him custody of the couple's two younger children. Their first child, Nicholas Sean Purnama, was entitled to determine his own custody status due to being of age. == Notes ==