Emily Even '13
We sat down with Emily Even '13 to discuss her career as an international hockey player and sustainability advisor.
Born in the Netherlands (her mother is Dutch, and her father is Canadian), she grew up on the ice when not many young girls were skating competitively. By the time she was 16, shortly before transferring to Millbrook as a Vth former, she had played for Team Netherlands at the World Championships in Australia.
Her family had moved to Quebec, Canada, when she was 14. Soon, Emily had tired of living in a French-speaking city (she was not fluent), and when her Canadian team competed in prep school tours against independent U.S. schools like Kimball Union, she saw an opportunity to live and learn south of the Canadian border. She applied to several boarding schools in the northeast. She chose Millbrook because she felt at ease when she toured—she could be herself—and Millbrook’s smaller size seemed to be ideal.
Her family had moved to Quebec, Canada, when she was 14. Soon, Emily had tired of living in a French-speaking city (she was not fluent), and when her Canadian team competed in prep school tours against independent U.S. schools like Kimball Union, she saw an opportunity to live and learn south of the Canadian border. She applied to several boarding schools in the northeast. She chose Millbrook because she felt at ease when she toured—she could be herself—and Millbrook’s smaller size seemed to be ideal.
Emily matriculated to Concordia University in Montreal in 2013, majoring in leisure sciences within the Human Sciences Department. Minors in marketing and management, an internship in event planning, and leadership on the university’s women’s ice hockey team rounded out her four years of college. She and her Concordia Flyers teammates finished on a high note in March 2017, battling at the women’s national hockey championship and placing fourth in all of Canada.
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While she was playing hockey through her 20s, graduate school was always on the horizon and part of Emily’s plan. When a hockey injury necessitated surgery in 2022, she realized the time was right to return to live and study in the Netherlands for the first time since she was 14. In Amsterdam, she enrolled in the fall of 2022 in a joint master’s degree program between Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and British Northumbria University; her studies focused on global sustainable business management.
After completing her master’s degree in April 2024, Emily started in a new professional role in May as a sustainability advisor for the Scale Up Project, teaming up with the City of Amsterdam and Ellebru, an engineering and architecture firm, to create sustainable artificial turf pitches.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE PUBLISHED ABOUT EMILY IN THE SUMMER 2024 MILLBROOK MAGAZINE
