Participants Voice

Our first participation in APCC was in 2008 when we hosted Junior Ambassadors. At that time, I was an elementary school student. After that, I went to Hawaii on a mission project and participated in GBLAP (Global BRIDGE Leader Action Program) when I was a high school student. I continued to be a host family as well.

The opportunity to interact with children from other countries and to travel abroad at an early age had a great impact on my mindset. Especially through the experience of being a "foreigner" myself, I was able to communicate as a human being without prejudice of country or race. I am really glad that I had the opportunity to participate in international exchange through the APCC program at such an important time in my life when I was forming my sense of values. I also became interested in law after visiting Nepal through GBLAP and realizing that legal system was not well developed, so I decided to study law. I am currently studying in a university in Taiwan, and I feel that the APCC experience has had a great impact on my life in this regard, as it has significantly lowered the hurdle for me to go abroad.