Classmate Spotlight
Jen Irvine Nanton
From left to right in the back row: Jen's mother Ginger Daugherty Irvine '65, sister Alexandra Irvine, Jen and husband Dietrich Nanton. Front row: Jen's children Ella and Kobi with their grandfather, Glenn Irvine.
After Wheaton, I:
Looked for theatre work in London for a year before I decided to sign up for drama school. I went to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow for two years to study Stage Management.
Marriage:
In 1996 I married Dietrich Nanton, an actor I had met on tour with a theatre Company called Wayang Wayang. The tour went to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur so it was like going on honey moon within weeks of meeting each other.
Children:
Kobi was born 8 November 1997 and Ella arrived on 28 October 2001. Both real characters, they make us proud at every turn.
Additional Education:
I received a diploma in Stage Management in 1994 from RSAMD. I am currently studying book keeping from home.
Career:
After a few years trying to make contact with the "right" people and trying to make ends meet, I took a temporary office job for four days over Christmas. I made myself as indispensable as possible and managed to keep the position until the following October when I left work to have Kobi. After having Kobi I returned to office work part-time working as a PA in the accounts department of a property management company. I was made "redundant" when Ella was six months old and Kobi had just started school. I chose then to stay home with Ella so I would be able to be more involved with both children and sign up with the PTA. I am now an independent kitchen consultant with Pampered Chef (check the internet) and I do some bookkeeping when asked.
Interests:
A lot of my spare time (what is that?) is spent organizing events for the PTA and taking my kids to their various extra-curricular activities.
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