I’m Claudia Chyntia Ayu Anggraeni, one of the scholars of the Indonesian Leadership Foundation’s scholarship 2015. By this time, I attend college in English Literature Department in Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. ILF Scholarship is such a miracle for me. I never expected to get it, but I believe that God has helped me up there. Because of my family condition after my father’s dead, I was doubt whether I should continue my study or not. My mother was still grieving and our economic condition was getting weaker. But my brother supported me to keep my dream college in my mind. He was the one who ask me to applied Indonesian Leadership Foundation’s scholarship 2015. At first, I was not confident because of my low experience in leadership, but he kept support me as well. He told me that leadership can be learned and he believe that I have leadership inside. I realize now that in Sanata Dharma University, the students will not only learn the specialities but also the soft skills such as leadership. I’ve joined some communities, student activity units, and committees since I’ve come here. It is all because of the Indonesian Leadership Foundation’s scholarship that made me become what I am now. I’ve got many friends, I’ve learned to speak louder as I am, and I’ve found my leadership skill. In this chance, I want to thank Indonesian Leadership Foundation for giving me the chance to experience all this college life by giving me the scholarship. I will not waste this chance because I want to learn more and more and explore myself to find what can I give to Indonesia after this. I’m still thinking about my future job. I don’t know if I will be an ambassador or a reporter or a translator, but my dream since I was a kid is to be an author. That is the job that definitely I will become. I want to produce a book that will make Indonesian proud of them and want to lead this country to be better too. I know I have to learn a lot to make this dream come true and I will.
