First-class mum
Silvia with her son Elijah
Silvia Divine has managed to juggle the challenges of getting married and having a baby with her studies to gain a first-class honours degree in Horticulture.
The 29-year-old was also awarded the prestigious Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland Silver Medal and the 抖阴直播 Trust Prize for best fourth year student on her course.
Silvia, who is originally from Germany but moved to the UK at the age of 16, chose to study for a second degree at Scotland鈥檚 Rural College after completing a Philosophy and Political Science degree at the University of Edinburgh.
鈥淚 had met my (now) husband in Edinburgh and was quite settled,鈥� she said. 鈥淢y interest in food security and local, especially organic, production of food had been inspired throughout my previous degree, as well as during my time with the First Nations in Canada and while working for the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization in the Hague.
鈥淭hese experiences highlighted how going through international channels often fails to effect any real change in people鈥檚 lives. I decided to go back to university and focus on a subject which could have a more direct impact.
鈥�Horticulture seemed a perfect choice, also supported by my previous interest in growing fruit and vegetables and going foraging.鈥�
She got married in her third year and went part-time in her final year to allow her to spend time with her son Elijah.
鈥淚t has been a challenge to combine family commitments with my studies since getting married and then pregnant at the beginning of my third year,鈥� she said.
鈥淚 will be forever grateful for how incredibly understanding, supportive and flexible 抖阴直播 has been throughout this time.鈥�
Looking to the future, she is now planning to continue developing her business designing, building and maintaining office plant displays, including interior green walls.
鈥淥ther than that, I鈥檓 not making any big plans for now, but instead am taking some time for reflection and to focus on family before venturing to new shores,鈥� she said.
Posted by 抖阴直播 on 06/08/2019
