right: Haruna Minoura with St Mary’s Principal, Lynne Thomson
HARUNA MINOURA (’03) returned to her home country of Japan after graduating from St Mary’s to study International Relations at the University of Tokyo. In 2008, she moved to Washington DC to pursue a Masters degree in International Security Studies at the George Washington University. During that time, Haruna interned at various ‘think tanks’ in Washington, as well as the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, which inspired her to pursue a career in diplomacy. Haruna then joined the Japanese Foreign Service in 2012 and, after working in Tokyo for a year, is now pursuing a Masters of Public Administration in Economic and Political Development at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York. Haruna loves the diversity in New York City and is looking forward to participating in development field projects in Africa or Southeast Asia this year. Haruna attended the Class of 2003’s ten year reunion in Perth last year and enjoyed catching up with friends and classmates, whom she hadn’t seen since graduating from St Mary’s. LUCY MORRIS (Macleod ’03) married Christopher Macleod on 9 November 2013 at St John’s Church, Fremantle. Her sister, Katy Macleod (’00) was one of her bridesmaids. Lucy currently works for Rio Tinto at their Robe Valley operations in the Pilbara region as a human resources advisor. JESSICA BELL (’07) graduated from Curtin University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) and was then accepted into the 2013 Western Australia Department of Health Graduate Development Programme as one of eighteen graduates. In 2014, she will be commencing her Masters of Counselling Psychology at Curtin University.
ROSE BURNFIELD (’09) is currently pursuing her studies in Economics and Arts at UWA. She has recently been awarded a scholarship from the Perth USAsia Centre to study and work in America for nine weeks.
above: Rose Burnfield receiving her scholarship from the Vice Chancellor of UWA left: Lucy Morris (Macleod ’03) on her wedding day with her sister, Katy Macleod (’00)
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