Never Growing Up

Serena likes to read, that much is clear. We spotted her engrossed in her book (Lev Grossman’s The Magician’s Land), in a simple tank top and elephant-printed pants, jazzed up with eye-catching silver shoes.  She spends quite a lot of time over the weekends reading as well, as a means of de-stressing, and is even a part of a book-exchange club. Serena lists Neil Gaiman and Haruki Murakami as some of her favourite authors, and collects covers of Peter Pan books. (Three words that get her through life: “Love, trust, and pixie dust!”) During working hours, however, she has developed a way to deal with the workload. “I try to remind myself that work, projects and files will keep coming in, so it’s okay to take a break, go for a walk, get a drink and then get back to work.” Keeping things simple is also the approach Serena takes for her wardrobe, which she says is made up mainly of monochromatic colours, like black, white, and grey. “It makes things easier.” Her effervescent spirit still bursts through sometimes, however, such as when we ask her what she would like to do if she wasn’t working in law. Her excitement is palpable when she declares: “I would be a wedding planner!”