Ratrika Pristy Nugrahaeni is an English teacher at English 1 Purwokerto, Central Java, and has 1.5 years of teaching experience. She is also the founder of Kita Ngapak, an NGO based in Purwokerto that focuses on social empowerment and access to education. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English education from Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta.

As a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA), she teaches Indonesian at Northern Illinois University. She hopes to gain new pedagogical approaches, expand her intercultural teaching skills, and learn from diverse perspectives in U.S. classrooms.