Aleksandra Ionina

"Don’t be afraid of anything and when making decisions don’t forget to listen to your heart (dreams/desires). Very important that it doesn’t just stay at the level of concepts, but really work on the fears and listening to the heart every day, really."

Graduating from the University of Lausanne in 2018 with a Bachelor's degree in Management, Aleksandra worked alongside her final year HEC studies at EPFL as a scientific laboratory administrative assistant. She applied her knowledge directly from university to work.

Now based in St Petersburg in Russia, she is developing her entrepreneurial spirit with her small ILLUM shop devoted to creations based on "wool that illuminates" women throughout the day.

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