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developing a series of anthropological documentaries for the Pitt Rivers Museum . My participation in the Romania project in the summers of 2001 and 2002 ignited my love of teaching and since then I have been a dedicated performing arts practitioner working in a variety of settings with actors of all ages . Most recently I have moved to the UAE and am excited to be assisting in developing the acting programme at the first conservatoire drama school in the MENA region , the Sharjah Performing Arts Academy .
Jude Lowson ( OS 02 ) became Acting Head of King ’ s College School Wimbledon .
Anastasia Grazioli ( GIH 04 ) I had a child and he is now one year old .
Christopher Roche ( 04 ) I was at Sevenoaks School from 1997 to 2004 and loved it . I went on to do a Master of Arts in English Literature ( Warwick University , UK , and then Sydney University , Australia ) and then converted to medicine as a graduate , obtaining my medical degree in London ( 2010-14 ). I am now a cardiothoracic surgery trainee and am currently on time out of training to do a PhD in cardiac surgery at the University of Sydney . I had a very positive experience of Sevenoaks and the IB , which I thought was a brilliant programme . I even ended up using Latin , which I studied for all seven years at Sevenoaks including at Higher Level IB . That ’ s because medical terminology is based on Latin and Greek but also because I married a Czech and am learning that language , which is one of the few which has a similar structure to Latin . I chose Latin because I thought the teachers were cool ( which perhaps says something about me !) but it shows that you never know when these things will come back around . As part of my PhD , I recently invented a minimally invasive surgical instrument which was prototyped and tested in a proof-of-concept study .
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Alessandra Giorgia Scevola ( GIH 17 ) Hello ! I have many fond memories from Sevenoaks . I have just completed my four-year undergraduate degree , the World Bachelor in Business . Through this programme , I lived and studied in Los Angeles ( USC ), Hong Kong ( HKUST ) and Milan ( Bocconi University ) and was awarded a triple diploma . I met so many amazing people along the way and look forward to travelling even more and visiting them across the globe ! I will now continue my journey in London , pursuing the MSc Innovation , Entrepreneurship and Management at Imperial College London . After that , I will be completing another Master ’ s programme at LSE , the MSc Psychology of Economic Life . I hope to learn as much as possible , not only within these broad fields but also about myself . While I am unsure about what the future will hold and where my career will take me , I can confidently say that I am open-minded . I have a network of such amazing friends and family that I know not to fear the unknown .
Anastasia Spiridonova ( Sennocke 17 ) Having virtually graduated from Stanford , I am finally embarking on my dream job journey full-time ! I am now a co-director of Lost Boys Detective Agency : we are a global investigations and risk and crisis management firm working with legal , corporate and private clientele . Our services include cybersecurity , background checks and asset tracing , criminal defence and civil litigation investigations , social engineering and physical risk management , amongst others . Don ’ t hesitate to reach out on LinkedIn or at ana @ lostboysdetectiveagency . com – I would love to help an Old Sennockian out !
Polina Melamed ( Sennocke 09 ) Polina lives in San Francisco with her husband Luca and is Vice President , Brand Marketing at Choreograph , a data analytics company owned by WPP .
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