Glen Ballis was born in Melbourne, Australia, and is the youngest of five. His father died when he was young and his mother worked hard to

Sophia Tupolev was born in Moscow but her parents emigrated to the U.S. when she was just two and the family settled in Boston. She grew

Marcos Delorenzo is from São Paulo, Brazil. His father is a businessman and his mother a teacher of Portuguese. He went to a Catholic school and

Rupert Godman is from West Sussex in England. Instead of going to university he decided to give playing drums his attention for a couple of years.

Richard Phillimore is from Devon, England. His father was a bank manager and was moved from branch to branch as he advanced in his career, which

Lisa Lipsky is from Brisbane, Australia. Her parents worked abroad much of the time, and Lisa spent two significant parts of her childhood in foreign countries:

Danilo Costa comes from Brazil. He grew up in a provincial town, then moved to the city of Brasilia, the capital of the country, where

Luca Marabottini is from Italy. He had a great childhood, growing up in a nice Italian town. He studied Business Administration at university. After university, he

Rosie Hawes hails from Plymouth, England. She passed the eleven-plus exam and went to a girls’ grammar school. She harboured a desire for adventure and was drawn towards Russian

Dave Earl was born in England but his family moved to New Zealand when he was 14. As soon as he was 16, he joined the

Henrietta Challinor is English and grew up in England and South Africa. After twelve schools, she spectacularly flunked her A-levels and didn’t get into university. Instead,

Teri Lindeberg is from New England in the United States. In her childhood, her parents encouraged her to try her hand at many different things and