At City St George’s, we get to celebrate our alumni throughout the year, and this International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting some of the many amazing women we have spoken to in the past twelve months. Whether recently graduated or firmly established in their career, these women are achieving great things within their own sectors.
Rochelle Inbakumar (LLB Law, 2024) knew from a young age she wanted to study law, but at City St George’s, she also found her passion for equality, diversity and inclusion. Through her extracurricular activities, she has already made a difference, and as a recent graduate, she continues to help law firms change.
Rochelle Inbakumar – Looking to a future with diversity at the top – City St George’s Alumni Network
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The environment is facing increasingly complex challenges. Sally Hayns (MSc Voluntary Sector Management, 2007), CEO of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM), has dedicated 14 years to strengthening this professional body so its members and their work will be taken seriously.
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Amber Davies (Diploma, Professional Musical Theatre and Dance, 2016) has starred in hit shows like 9 to 5: The Musical, Bring It On: The Musical, Back to the Future: The Musical and Pretty Woman. Amber talked to us about her professional training at The Urdang Academy, taking a chance on reality TV, producing her own podcast, and performing leading roles in the West End.
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Natasha Cox (MA Innovation, Creativity and Leadership, 2022) is the proud recipient of the 2024 Churchill Fellowship. The prestigious accolade will enable her to embark on fact-finding and research missions to the US, Africa and the Caribbean in order to further develop her business Actively SeeK.I.N.G… CIC, a creative arts social impact organisation that seeks to rebuild the K.I.N.G. (Knowledge, Identity, Nurturer, and Gifts) in young black men who face challenges and barriers that affect their well-being and mental health.
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In 2024, Katrina Deering (LLM Bar Vocational Course, 2022) embarked on an intensive international voluntary placement working with Death Row defence lawyers in the United States of America. She shares the eye-opening experience she went through, her reasons for pursuing studies and a career in Law, and the next steps towards achieving her dream of becoming a fully qualified barrister.
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“This is a film about parental love, the pursuit of justice and the inevitability of resistance when no other path to freedom, dignity and justice exists,” says Farah Nabulsi (BSc Investment and Insurance, 1996), the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA award-winning Palestinian British filmmaker who has made her directorial fiction feature-length film debut with The Teacher.