La Ode Marsudin, from Southeast Sulawesi province, is studying business administration with a CCIP award at Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. In addition, La Ode is involved in the Northhampton College student newspaper as a photographer, and has volunteered at the Trinity Soup Kitchen for the homeless in Bethlehem and at a local Lehigh Valley NGO in its “Stop Diabetes” campaign.

La Ode is an administrative staff person at Mola Bahari, Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi. He holds a diploma in English from the Atmajaya Academy of Foreign Languages, Makassar, South Sulawesi.