Waves of change
Working with my community has taught me that true resilience is built through compassion, collaboration, and the quiet strength of people helping one another.
Leadership Through Listening
Working with my community began as small acts, organizing school fundraisers, packing relief supplies, visiting flood-affected families. Over time, those moments grew into something larger. As president of Prone Areas, I led projects installing solar-powered streetlights and teaching disaster survival skills to students in remote villages. Through Youth With Community, I helped raise funds for clean water systems and organized Tet campaigns for children who had lost their homes. Each effort taught me that leadership is not about giving orders but about listening to what people truly need.
The Power of Collective Action
Partnerships with local schools, hotels, and government offices showed me how collective action can move mountains, both literally and figuratively. When floods isolated villages, we worked together to reopen roads and distribute food and medicine. What began as local volunteering became a vision of sustainable resilience, a belief that communities can rebuild stronger than before if given the right tools and trust.
Pursuit of perfection
Through every project, I learned that compassion can be engineered, just like a rescue raft or a solar light. My hope is to continue building spaces where science and empathy meet, where every small act of care becomes part of a larger design for resilience.