 When I first came across the posting, I just found that the goals of the New Colombo plant align so well with my own personal goals. Having the opportunity to work overseas in disaster prone countries, the reason I picked Nepal was because it is still recovering from the earthquake that happened back in 2015 and because it is still recovering today I really wanted to be a part of that. In Australia I studied a Bachelor of Construction Project Management at the University of Technology Sydney, UTS. During my time in Nepal I undertook two internships concurrently, part-time at the United Nations Office for Project Services or UNOPS. I was helping execute and implement a mobile app and web-based application called FieldSite and FieldSite helps remotely monitor and supervise humanitarian and development projects and part-time at the National Society for Earthquake Technology NSET and at NSET I focus on helping improve safety standards and practices in Nepal. I guess the most valuable experience I gained was learning what it's truly like to work in health and reconstruction in a post-disaster setting. I think an experience like the New Colombo Plan is so beneficial because Australia is geographically quite isolated and by providing the opportunity to go overseas and study or undertake internships or mentorships it connects us to the region that surrounds Australia. I was able to make connections with amazing people like people doing incredible meaningful work here in the same field and outside of construction. So to someone that is considering applying for the New Colombo Plan scholarship I would tell them to not even think twice and apply. It is life-changing because it's only just reinforced that passion and I will continue to work towards that.