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Connecting With My Southeast Asian Roots in Bangkok
For most of my life, I chose to accept my mixed heritage, but I never really felt I had a cultural identity to fully embrace.

Discovering a New Passion During Our Bangkok Residency
Muay Thai has helped me connect to my Southeast Asian roots I had a hard time identifying with before.

My Rewarding Journey at Duke and How I Got Here
An integral part of my time at Fuqua has been interacting and spending several weeks with people from backgrounds and cultures I’d never met before.

A Day in the Life of Our Santiago Residency
Our residencies include class time, teamwork time, and excursions to different parts of the city—so the days are fun but jam-packed.

Duke, the Turning Point of My Life
Everyone can remember the time when his or her life made a U-turn. Mine was when I enrolled at Duke.

A Career Transition During My MBA
I would immediately be putting lessons from my MBA program to use in the most difficult of circumstances.

How My Class Developed an Anti-Racist Business Program
My classmates and I banded together to create a student-led initiative in an effort to develop anti-racist businesses because we feel it is up to us, current and future leaders, to shape the future strategies.

A Family Member’s Life-Threatening Disease Propelled Me Toward an MBA
I have a unique story behind pursuing my MBA and my corporate passion: my oldest child was diagnosed with a life-threatening disease.

The Work-Life-School Balance at Fuqua
I was quite confident that I was going to absolutely crush balancing the rigors of a fast-paced job, a Global Executive MBA program, all while being a husband and a new dad.

Why an Executive MBA and Why Duke?
If you’re still deciding whether to get an MBA, ask yourself: What do I want to get out of it? Is the timing right for me? Is the school right for me?