A Moment That Took My Breath Away This year, like the past two, something small yet powerful landed in my inbox – photos from our Vietnamese students currently studying across different UWC campuses worldwide. There they were, standing tall in áo dài and carrying the Vietnamese flag alongside friends from dozens of countries. My chest […]
The Magic of UWC Connections It’s always nice to reconnect with people who have walked the same path, shared similar life-changing experiences, and carry the same set of values that shaped your own journey. This week, I had the joy of gathering with fellow alumni from the United World Colleges (UWC) movement here in Ho […]
Introduction When people ask me what experience changed my life the most, I always go back to the same memory: the day I boarded a plane at 17 years old and flew across the world from Vietnam to Canada. I was heading to Pearson College UWC, one of the schools in the United World Colleges […]