Mahbi Maulaya is a content writer intern, and social media specialist at the German-Indonesian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (EKONID) and a journalist writing for Kampartra Post in Bangkinang, Riau.

With his Fulbright scholarship, he is pursuing a master’s in security studies at Kansas State University, specializing in maritime security to safeguard Indonesia’s vast and vulnerable maritime area.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta.