Bishii Maarso 1938 Balink wuxuu u haajiray Mareykanka, wuxuu noqday muwaadin, wuxuuna u shaqeeyay wariye ahaan wargeyska maalinlaha ah ee Dutch-ka, "de Volkskrant". Tirakoobkii Mareykanka ee 1940 wuxuu muujinayaa inuu ku noolaa Queens, New York, xaaskiisa, Lydia. Lydia oo ka soo jeeda New Jersey iyo 12 sano oo ka yar, waxay u shaqaysay Balink sidii xoghayntiisa. Sanadkii 1948 waxa uu daabacay daraasad dhaqaale oo ku saabsan Kariibiyaanka, "My Paradise is Hell". Sanadihii 1950-meeyadii wuxuu aasaasay oo tafatiray majaladda, "The Knickerbocker", oo ah daabacaad loogu talagalay dadka reer Holland ee Mareykanka ah. Majaladda ayaa gacan weyn ka geysatay ogolaanshaha ciyaaryahanka kubbadda kolayga ee reer Holland, Han Urbanus si uu ula tababarto kooxda New York Giants. Urbanus wuxuu adeegsaday waayo-aragnimadan si uu horumariyo kubbadda cagta Nederland. Sidoo kale 1950-yadii, Balink wuxuu guddoomiyay guddiga Abaalmarinta William the Silent ee Saxaafadda. Bilowgii 1953 wuxuu ahaa madaxa Holland Flood Relief Inc., kaas oo gacan ka geystay isku dubaridka dadaallada gargaarka intii lagu jiray daadadkii Waqooyiga Badda ee 1953
Waxaad Balink wuxuu ahaa ciyaartoy tennis hiwaayad ah oo firfircoon.