Riky Oktavianus Depari teaches English at SMP Negeri 15 Bengkulu. He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English teaching from Universitas Bengkulu.

As a Fulbright Doctoral Degree Scholarship recipient, Riky is enrolled in a PhD program in technology in education and second language acquisition at the University of South Florida. His area of interest is on instructional strategies in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and aims to enhance classroom practices for English learners in Indonesia.