former student

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Sildak identified the attacker as a former student at the school, born in 2007.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

He becomes the host to a former student named Sabiha, who has fled her home because she is suspected—wrongly, she claims—of killing her husband in a fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

And the South African knows the perfect people to help: her grandchildren, Nomali and Trevor and her former student Etienne.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

One former student, Andrea Corona, 39, said her time at Trade-Tech helped her land a job as a technician at Volkswagen of Downtown L.A. — a role she’d held for about a decade.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

The alteration of the single amino acid was discovered by Vernon Ingram, a former student of Max Perutz’s.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee