Sliem currently follows a double Master’s in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, while being equipped with a double Bachelor's (honours) in Mathematics and Physics, and a Minor degree in Programming from the University of Amsterdam. A teacher, he also leads eight business units across two countries at AthenaStudies tutoring company. With wispy views of the Tokyo skyline on his horizon — we quickly catch up on where Sliem stands today.

Daniils is an entrepreneurial self starter and an Honours student, who has been teaching himself Python and Data Science in the evenings after college. In addition to working at Adyen, he is building a travel company that employs AI-matching technology. During an easy chat on a warm Sunday evening, I listen in awe as this young man from Latvia shares a snapshot of where he stands in academics and work.

Akshay wrote his first code for a construction company at the age of fourteen; his favourite toy in his childhood had been his father’s precious Intel 286. At twenty-three, he built a product that raised seed funding and was later acqui-hired by one of the top five global ad-tech companies. He presently works as a Staff Engineer at Slack, and mentors technology start-ups under an after-hours, self-initiated program called Alpha Master.

Sana is a double graduate in Chemistry & Physics, topped by a Master’s in Physics, a former national level lawn tennis player, a skilled photographer (weddings & classical music), an amateur astronomer - and a teacher, who harmonises the subtleties of many notes into a singular compelling symphony of her everyday being.