At a personal level, obviously it gives me the opportunity to pursue a higher education degree which opened to an extraordinary door of opportunities. But beyond that, what is more important to me is the network of many people from different background, races, religions, countries which really shift my paradigm to really get that, in the end of the day, collaboration and partnership can only be made through a mutual respect of humanity and connection among real people. Not based on prejudice and stereotype of certain country/race/religion which usually shaped our mindset based on our limited understanding through media and anecdotes. It gives me hope and a totally optimisic view of the future…

Gede Manggala
2002 Fulbright student to Duquesne University
Process Improvement Consultant for Variance Reduction International, Inc.
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