Tell us a little about how you decided to become a photojournalist… After the Lycée, I went to the University of Chicago to major in Medieval History and started my photography career by working for local newspapers. I quickly got bored and decided to take a year off in
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“LFNY Alumni are a Wonderful Network All Over the World.”
Can you share with us some of the highlights of what you have been doing since you graduated in 1984, and what you are doing now as a career? I was a student at the LFNY from 1972 until 1982, then went to Collegiate School for two years and matriculated at Harvard
Read More!“Taking a gap year was eye-opening”
“Taking a gap year is so eye-opening” Paloma Parkes, class of ’13 – Bristol University Paloma Parkes is studying geography at Bristol University in the U.K. after taking a gap year. At the Lycée she was in the Bac Littéraire OIB track. She is hoping to get a masters
Read More!A bord de l’Hermione avec un membre de l’équipage
Des matelots à bord de L’Hermione. Marc Jensen, de la promotion 1976 du Lycée Français, a rencontré tous les élèves de CM2 afin de leur parler de son aventure à bord de l’Hermione mercredi 12 novembre dernier. Marc fait partie des 160 heureux-élus (sur plus de 1000 candidats) qui auront la chance de
Read More!Julia Livi: when design meets culture
Since you graduated in 2002, you have found your passion in teaching art here in New York. Tell us more. Everything I have done since 2002 has culminated into the creation of a bilingual picture book series for children called “Voltaire: The Franco-American Hipster dog” (www.voltairelivi.com). Even though I spent
Read More!From Madrid to NYC, Flamenco Whirls to LFNY
How did you get into flamenco? I discovered Flamenco in New York right after graduating from the Lycée, but I had been studying other styles of dance (ballet, tap and jazz) at Broadway Dance Center from a young age. My experience at the Lycée definitely had a lot to do
Read More!Melissa Unger: A Career in the Visual Arts
Can you share with us some of the highlights of what you have been doing since you graduated in 1985, and what you are doing now as a career? Ah! Well, it’s been a wild and wonderful ride, but certainly not an easy feat to synopsize 30 years in a
Read More!Lycée Graduates Make Bold Choices
Students throw their graduation caps in the air following their graduation ceremony in June 2014. The Class of 2014 was bold. They had the audacity to apply to some of the oldest, most selective universities in the world, as well as the newest and most innovative programs in international higher
Read More!A Passion for Fashion
Photo of the LFNY 2nde2 (10th grade) class in 1996. Polina Aronova sits at bottom left. Can you share with us some of the highlights of what you have been doing since you graduated in 1998, and what you are doing now as a career? Graduation already feels as if
Read More!Charting a Course for the Future
What’s your day to day like? How did you end up in that career? What should I study in college? What does it mean to be a sports agent? to work at Human Rights Watch? to be a lawyer? to be an engineer? What makes a good journalist? On a
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