“When I was applying, I wanted to challenge myself so I applied for a session topic that I have never really submerged myself into: Frontiers of Science and Technology (FST). By throwing myself into this unknown among hundreds of other bright, young minds, I ended up learning so many new valuable things that I wouldn’t be able to learn anywhere else in a such a unique and warm environment.”
Coffee has been a significant part of my high school career as I have spent the past four years building this project called RISing Coffee with my friends. This is a fairtrade service project that sells coffee from farmers in Chiangmai, Thailand, to our school’s community. We collaborate with other international schools in Bangkok and ThaiHigh Coffee, who helps train villagers in mountainous areas of the region to farm different types of stellar grade coffee in order to provide them with a sustainable source of income.