former student

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One former student, Mayur, now runs his own art classes and a small printing business.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

But it is a trait that Darnold has long exhibited, according to his high school coach Jaime Ortiz, who remembers his former student as a wildly gifted but quietly driven kid.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Villca Fernández, a former student leader and Maduro opponent, still remembers when he arrived at the Helicoide in 2016 after being grabbed by the feared intelligence agents in his home city of Merida.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

One former student, Andrea Corona, 39, said her time at Trade-Tech helped her land a job as a technician at Volkswagen of Downtown L.A. — a role she’d held for about a decade.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

Charlotte Morrison, a Rhodes Scholar and former student of mine, was now a senior attorney at EJI.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson