On December 13, the SCIT students had a remote master-class with Daria Mandrova, a SCIT graduate and a staff interpreter at the Linguistic Support Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Daria is a very experienced interpreter, she has repeatedly been involved in working with top state officials at important international meetings and negotiations. We are very grateful to Dasha that she found time in her work schedule to meet with the students, hold a training session, and share her best practices, techniques and professional know-how. It is very important for today’s students to receive support from a senior colleague who went from being a SCIT graduate to a top interpreter from the President’s pool. We hope that such master classes will continue!