Founder of the Laurence family archive
Born 1992
Alexander Adam Laurence
Alexander, born to Nepalese parents of the Chhetri-Bhattarai caste, spend the vast majority of his youth in London, UK where he called home. After his parents' divorce in 1996, Alex spent his childhood living together with his mother Rhea, and his brother, Avi. Alex studied and recieved a masters degree in neuroscience at the University of Edinburgh. Alex also studied machine learning at the University of Oxford under the tutorship of Dr. Cezar Ionescu.
Alex moved to Japan in 2019 after recieving a job offer at Hitachi Ltd, at the age of 27, where he eventually married Rino Laurence in 2023, at the age of 31.
Co-founder of the Laurence family archive
Born 1996
Rino Laurence
Rino was born in Nagoya, Japan to a Japanese mother and a Zainichi-Korean father. Following the passing of her father, she relocated to Okazaki with her mother Takako and brother Hiroki, where her family grew to include her step-father Masanobu, step-sister, and half-brother Kento.
Pursuing higher education, Rino studied pharmacy and nursing, ultimately earning her nursing degree. She began her professional career as a registered nurse at Shinshu University Hospital in Matsumoto, Nagano, where she served for three years. In 2022, she returned to Nagoya and married Alexander Laurence the following year at age 27.