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• • Jul 2020

Profile

• • 13S72, BCMCSE

  • Interact Club (President)

  • Bachelor of Social Work, University of Auckland, NZ

  • Masters of Public Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

  • PSC Scholarship

  • I am currently in the Ministry of Health. In my 1 year there, I was responsible for staffing COVID-19 policy, including border measures as well as COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics procurement. Along with my team at the Population Health Planning Office, we oversee planning for Healthier SG, a transformation of our healthcare system which seeks to strengthen the focus on preventive care. 

Timestamps (11 questions)

• 0:42 Where did you go for Undergrad and what course did you do ? 

• 1:43 Why Social Work and how did you decide ?

• 4:47 Why the Public Sector ?

• 10: 04 What are some challenges you faced when you moved  Overseas?

• 13:51 What challenges did you face during your course? 

• 18:04 Does everyone want to be a social worker after graduating from this course? 

• 22:13 What are some misconceptions and stereotypes that some people may have about Social Work ? 

• 26:12 How did the people around you respond to your choice of degree ? 

• 28:35 If you had 1 advice for your 18 year old self what would that be ?

• 32:12 What other courses did you consider ? 

• 33:21 How do you become certain of what you aspire to be ?