Some would think heading off to boarding school at the age of seven would be terrifying, but for Holly Firth it was an “amazing opportunity” that’s shaped who she is today. “My dad’s Australian and my mum’s Indian. I was born and raised in Sydney, but I attended an international boarding school in the Himalayas,” she explains. “I spent a lot of my school years in the mountains in India, which is where I get a lot of inspiration for my work.”
Every year, up to the age of 13, Holly left Australia and her parents behind and became immersed in boarding school life. She’d be away for nine months of the year and return for a three-month summer break. “I don’t remember ever being homesick,” she says. “I was in a dormitory full of girls and I made the most wonderful friendships with people from all over the globe.”
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