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Science in Molecular, Cell, & Develop-
mental Biology from UCLA in 2007. He
is currently finishing the last year of his
Pharmacy Doctorate program at UCSF,
the highest ranked school of pharmacy
in the United States. In the past couple
of years, he has completed pharmacy
internships at large companies including
Roche/Genentech and McKesson/US
Oncology. His current internship is at a
UCSF Compounding Pharmacy where
he enjoys preparing medications from raw
chemicals including topical ointments,
eye drops, injection solutions, oral suspen-
sions, suppositories, and placebo vs. active
ingredient capsules.
Maher misses his days at IC and looks
forward to visiting the campus again this
winter break, for the first time since 2009.
‘05
Rami Berro
obtained a Bachelor of
Commerce degree at McGill University -
double major in Economics and General
Management (Finance concentration),
graduated with distinction. He worked in
commercial banking upon graduation and
then did his MBA at Queen’s University
from which he graduated with honors
(top 10%), and after which he joined
PwC’s consulting practice where he have
been working for the past year.
Sabine Bachian Petrossian
is working in
Paris for CNN advertising sales depart-
ment since 2012. She has previously
worked for CNN in Singapore in 2011
and London from 2009 to 2010.
She graduated from Northeastern Uni-
versity in Boston in 2009 with a Bachelor
in Communication Studies and Business
Administration.
Randa Adra
is now an Associate at the
international law firm of Crowell &
Moring, LLP in Manhattan, New York.
In 2012, she earned the degree of Doctor
of Law with a Specialization in Interna-
tional Legal Affairs and a Concentration
in Business Law and Regulation from
Cornell Law School. In her new position,
she hopes to handle numerous legal mat-
ters relating to the Middle East. “I still
remember when I was in 4th Intermedi-
ate and I had to act as a lawyer to defend
a client who was actually a character from
an Edgar Allen Poe short story we read
in class. From that moment, I was sure I
wanted to practice law, and now I do!”
Mirna Hamady
is a designer at heart.
After pursuing Graphic Design at AUB
and working for three years in publication
design and branding, she co-founded a
product design firm along with partner
Elie Abou Jamra. Kashida is a product
design studio creating furniture and home
accessory pieces based on 3D Arabic
letterforms.The young studio has won
several business plan competitions, been
featured in regional media and recently
was invited to give a lecture/workshop at
Nuqat Design Conference, Kuwait. To
view the company’s products and services,
kindly visit www.kashidadesign.com.
Nisrine Chamseddine Al-Ameen
was
the Integration Coordinator for Classes
for Children with Autism (CCA-En)
till October 12th, 2012. She married and
moved to the USA on October 19th. She
is currently planning to do a Masters in
Clinical Art Therapy.
‘07
Sarira Elden
is currently living in
Darwin, Australia and just completed
a Bachelor of Pharmacy and an Hon-
ors Degree in pharmacy practice from
Charles Darwin University. Her Honors
thesis will be published at the Austral-
asian Pharmaceutical Science Association
conference in December 2012. Further-
more, this year she won the title of Phar-
macy Student of the Year for two states in
Australia (South Australia and Northern
Territory) and she went on to compete at
the national championship in Melbourne
against seven other pharmacy students
from around the country.
“Although I am happy with where I am
now, I still regard my years at IC as the
happiest years of my life and often wish
to go back!,” she writes. “I return to Leba-
non two times a year to visit family and
friends and I often visit IC as my younger
sister still attends the school.”
‘08
Ibrahim Kays
is studying neuroscience at
McGill University at the graduate level.
He has recently been awarded The Fred-
erick Banting and Charles Best Master’s
Award administered by the Canadian in-
stitute for health research (CIHR), which
is intended to provide special recognition
and support to students who are pursuing
a master’s or doctoral degree in a health
related field in Canada.These candidates
are expected to have an exceptionally high
potential for future research achievement
and productivity.
‘12
Aya Cheaito
is now a student in New
York University, and is currently liv-
ing in NYC. “Many are the days where
I remember IC: I feel advanced here
because of the outstanding education I
had received in this school,” she writes. “I
can still remember the talented teach-
ers who really deeply affected me, the
beautiful campus, the great atmosphere,
the diversity of the student body and the
magnificent programs that were offered
for students. I really believe that IC had
greatly contributed in shaping my person-
ality, my education and my way of think-
ing. It made my journey easier, and now,
because of IC, I am more capable of giv-
ing as a student and I am more capable of
exploring my abilities in different realms.
Although I haven’t spent so many years
there, but I will always feel that I belong
there.That’s why I would like to thank all
the wonderful people in the administra-
tion and all my teachers for giving me the
opportunity to flourish as a student, as a
citizen, and as a person.”
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