imperialcollege (Instagram)sourcephoto"It's important to me to become a well-rounded individual. I have always enjoyed dancing and have been practising ballet since the age of seven - it was something that always felt natural to me. Thanks to my President’s Scholarship, I am able to attend weekly lessons at the English National Ballet. My ballet lessons provide a break from hectic student life, which I feel enhances my academic performance. As a Biomedical Engineer, I enjoy the year-long projects that allow us to connect to the real world to tackle the problems of today. Last year the construction of a throwing frame for the Paralympic athlete Ellie Simpson was a real success! Alongside my ballet training and degree, I am also learning Greek, and have been awarded the IROP bursary from MIT-Imperial, for an exchange research programme at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston next Summer."
#imperialhero #imperialcollege #ballet #dance #sport #photography************************************************ Carmen Martin Alonso
Third Year, MEng Biomedical Engineering
Ballet, competing at a National level
Photographed in Beit Hall, Students' Union