who here loves Disney raise your hat up okay have you ever felt lost or
okay have you ever felt lost or
okay have you ever felt lost or misplaced raise your hand up have you
misplaced raise your hand up have you
misplaced raise your hand up have you ever experienced something you thought
ever experienced something you thought
ever experienced something you thought was surreal raise your hand up do you
was surreal raise your hand up do you
was surreal raise your hand up do you have good and bad memories of school
have good and bad memories of school
have good and bad memories of school raise your hand hello everybody I am Mia
raise your hand hello everybody I am Mia
raise your hand hello everybody I am Mia I am from CIA first and today I’m going
I am from CIA first and today I’m going
I am from CIA first and today I’m going to talk to you all about the importance
to talk to you all about the importance
to talk to you all about the importance of trust growing up on Disney I’ve
of trust growing up on Disney I’ve
of trust growing up on Disney I’ve always had this love for school school
always had this love for school school
always had this love for school school was like this magical place where I
was like this magical place where I
was like this magical place where I thought I could belong surrounded by
thought I could belong surrounded by
thought I could belong surrounded by people I could call friends but
people I could call friends but
people I could call friends but somewhere along the way from fourth to
somewhere along the way from fourth to
somewhere along the way from fourth to seventh grade I had this feeling like I
seventh grade I had this feeling like I
seventh grade I had this feeling like I was misplaced lost and confused and I
was misplaced lost and confused and I
was misplaced lost and confused and I didn’t understand why I mean I had
didn’t understand why I mean I had
didn’t understand why I mean I had people I could call friends people to
people I could call friends people to
people I could call friends people to laugh and hang out with but still I feel
laugh and hang out with but still I feel
laugh and hang out with but still I feel like I didn’t belong now why was that
like I didn’t belong now why was that
like I didn’t belong now why was that fast-forward to a new school I wanted a
fast-forward to a new school I wanted a
fast-forward to a new school I wanted a fresh start I wanted a clean slate now
fresh start I wanted a clean slate now
fresh start I wanted a clean slate now why was that again why was being called
why was that again why was being called
why was that again why was being called Mia suddenly easier why was speaking
Mia suddenly easier why was speaking
Mia suddenly easier why was speaking English rather than Khmer suddenly
English rather than Khmer suddenly
English rather than Khmer suddenly natural I felt like I could just be
natural I felt like I could just be
natural I felt like I could just be myself I could suddenly just be me and
myself I could suddenly just be me and
myself I could suddenly just be me and the first thing I decided to do was to
the first thing I decided to do was to
the first thing I decided to do was to go out of my comfort zone it was
go out of my comfort zone it was
go out of my comfort zone it was stepping over that boundary between what
stepping over that boundary between what
stepping over that boundary between what I knew what I could control and what I
I knew what I could control and what I
I knew what I could control and what I was familiar with it was something risky
was familiar with it was something risky
was familiar with it was something risky something new something big it was
something new something big it was
something new something big it was something more and I thought that was an
something more and I thought that was an
something more and I thought that was an adventure into the unknown and something
adventure into the unknown and something
adventure into the unknown and something big had been attending my first
big had been attending my first
big had been attending my first Technovation Cambodia it happened just
Technovation Cambodia it happened just
Technovation Cambodia it happened just this year
this year
this year now Technovation was a program for girls
now Technovation was a program for girls
now Technovation was a program for girls only and I’d been interested in ever
only and I’d been interested in ever
only and I’d been interested in ever since my eighth-grade teacher told me
since my eighth-grade teacher told me
since my eighth-grade teacher told me about it
about it
about it and I decided that freshman year would
and I decided that freshman year would
and I decided that freshman year would be my opportunity now I needed a group
be my opportunity now I needed a group
be my opportunity now I needed a group of girls who could code and who could do
of girls who could code and who could do
of girls who could code and who could do business and almost immediately I found
business and almost immediately I found
business and almost immediately I found a team of five girls but it dropped down
a team of five girls but it dropped down
a team of five girls but it dropped down to three six weeks into the competition
to three six weeks into the competition
to three six weeks into the competition and the thing was I was giving up but
and the thing was I was giving up but
and the thing was I was giving up but luckily we had our name already it was
luckily we had our name already it was
luckily we had our name already it was called the square brackets the brackets
called the square brackets the brackets
called the square brackets the brackets on your keyboards if you’ve noticed and
on your keyboards if you’ve noticed and
on your keyboards if you’ve noticed and it’s called and our app name was called
it’s called and our app name was called
it’s called and our app name was called teachers near me now teachers near me is
teachers near me now teachers near me is
teachers near me now teachers near me is like Pinder but for educational purposes
like Pinder but for educational purposes
like Pinder but for educational purposes and it’s an app that connects students
and it’s an app that connects students
and it’s an app that connects students to a teacher as they browse to refine
to a teacher as they browse to refine
to a teacher as they browse to refine collection of teachers that they like
collection of teachers that they like
collection of teachers that they like and see what tickle their fantasies I
wouldn’t have been able to finish
wouldn’t have been able to finish Technovation if it hadn’t been for our
Technovation if it hadn’t been for our
Technovation if it hadn’t been for our four mentors but especially my partner
four mentors but especially my partner
four mentors but especially my partner Kelly I now I’ve always had her to be a
Kelly I now I’ve always had her to be a
Kelly I now I’ve always had her to be a little lazy but during our school bus
little lazy but during our school bus
little lazy but during our school bus ride home she said to me with the
ride home she said to me with the
ride home she said to me with the serious face on I want to win this and
serious face on I want to win this and
serious face on I want to win this and that encouraged me to keep on going even
that encouraged me to keep on going even
that encouraged me to keep on going even when I felt like I wanted to quit and
when I felt like I wanted to quit and
when I felt like I wanted to quit and what we did
what we did
what we did me and Kelly we made this deal to finish
me and Kelly we made this deal to finish
me and Kelly we made this deal to finish what we started and what we did after
what we started and what we did after
what we started and what we did after that was split the task between the two
that was split the task between the two
that was split the task between the two of us I would work on all decoding at
of us I would work on all decoding at
of us I would work on all decoding at the business aspects and Kelly would
the business aspects and Kelly would
the business aspects and Kelly would work on all the coding aspects and that
work on all the coding aspects and that
work on all the coding aspects and that was how we persisted into the
was how we persisted into the
was how we persisted into the competition Wow
competition Wow
competition Wow after that we did our rehearsal after
after that we did our rehearsal after
after that we did our rehearsal after that we got into the top 12 teams and
that we got into the top 12 teams and
that we got into the top 12 teams and after that on the final stage we got in
after that on the final stage we got in
after that on the final stage we got in second place we will in second place and
second place we will in second place and
second place we will in second place and then feel at all real as we were
then feel at all real as we were
then feel at all real as we were standing up there with our prize money
standing up there with our prize money
standing up there with our prize money and our certificates but that was the
and our certificates but that was the
and our certificates but that was the first time I really learned to believe
first time I really learned to believe
first time I really learned to believe in myself and to trust other people
in myself and to trust other people
in myself and to trust other people another time another adventure had gone
another time another adventure had gone
another time another adventure had gone on – was attending my first model United
on – was attending my first model United
on – was attending my first model United Nation conference held at Northbridge
Nation conference held at Northbridge
Nation conference held at Northbridge and the thing was truth be told I had no
and the thing was truth be told I had no
and the thing was truth be told I had no idea what I got myself into but I
idea what I got myself into but I
idea what I got myself into but I believe I sincerely believed in my
believe I sincerely believed in my
believe I sincerely believed in my homeroom teacher who had convinced us to
homeroom teacher who had convinced us to
homeroom teacher who had convinced us to take part in this annual event so that
take part in this annual event so that
take part in this annual event so that we may get a chance to experience
we may get a chance to experience
we may get a chance to experience something new but all 10 kids of us it
something new but all 10 kids of us it
something new but all 10 kids of us it was we were about a month away from the
was we were about a month away from the
was we were about a month away from the event itself and we had no idea what we
event itself and we had no idea what we
event itself and we had no idea what we were doing we were basically just
were doing we were basically just
were doing we were basically just yoloing the entire thing and I was so
yoloing the entire thing and I was so
yoloing the entire thing and I was so nervous and anxious and just imagining
nervous and anxious and just imagining
nervous and anxious and just imagining the possible worst the worst that could
the possible worst the worst that could
the possible worst the worst that could happen but the thing was as I was about
happen but the thing was as I was about
happen but the thing was as I was about as away as I stepped into Northbridge I
as away as I stepped into Northbridge I
as away as I stepped into Northbridge I had this excitement inside that it was
had this excitement inside that it was
had this excitement inside that it was oh yeah it was it was my first time but
oh yeah it was it was my first time but
oh yeah it was it was my first time but as I was about to do my opening speech
as I was about to do my opening speech
as I was about to do my opening speech all the nervousness and anxiety that I’d
all the nervousness and anxiety that I’d
all the nervousness and anxiety that I’d been holding on to hit me full force
been holding on to hit me full force
been holding on to hit me full force right in the face and I failed my
right in the face and I failed my
right in the face and I failed my opening speech but after that I remember
opening speech but after that I remember
opening speech but after that I remember what rhymer had said to me he’d said if
what rhymer had said to me he’d said if
what rhymer had said to me he’d said if you believe that things will be all
you believe that things will be all
you believe that things will be all right then they will it’s not simple
right then they will it’s not simple
right then they will it’s not simple that I repeated that continuously in my
that I repeated that continuously in my
that I repeated that continuously in my head until I could let go of all the
head until I could let go of all the
head until I could let go of all the anxiety and the anxiousness and the
anxiety and the anxiousness and the
anxiety and the anxiousness and the negativity that clouded over me and I
negativity that clouded over me and I
negativity that clouded over me and I could finally see that oh yeah I was
could finally see that oh yeah I was
could finally see that oh yeah I was actually enjoying this and towards the
actually enjoying this and towards the
actually enjoying this and towards the end of it as my mom was about to pick me
end of it as my mom was about to pick me
end of it as my mom was about to pick me up I remember distinctly saying to her I
up I remember distinctly saying to her I
up I remember distinctly saying to her I want to do this again and that was a
want to do this again and that was a
want to do this again and that was a turning point of a girl who
turning point of a girl who
turning point of a girl who used to believe that she could control
used to believe that she could control
used to believe that she could control everything that came into her life and
everything that came into her life and
everything that came into her life and my point in all of this in saying all of
my point in all of this in saying all of
my point in all of this in saying all of this to you all is that trust builds a
this to you all is that trust builds a
this to you all is that trust builds a better future when you have when you do
better future when you have when you do
better future when you have when you do what you believe you in track other
what you believe you in track other
what you believe you in track other people who do the same who believe in
people who do the same who believe in
people who do the same who believe in the same thing as you do you can be a
the same thing as you do you can be a
the same thing as you do you can be a part of something bigger something more
part of something bigger something more
part of something bigger something more than yourself and that something is
than yourself and that something is
than yourself and that something is called friendship as a human you are
called friendship as a human you are
called friendship as a human you are most definitely required to make
most definitely required to make
most definitely required to make mistakes it happens to you it happens to
mistakes it happens to you it happens to
mistakes it happens to you it happens to you it happens to you it happens to all
you it happens to you it happens to all
you it happens to you it happens to all of us and it happens to more hmm and
of us and it happens to more hmm and
of us and it happens to more hmm and after that you have people who believe
after that you have people who believe
after that you have people who believe in the same we share the same set of
in the same we share the same set of
in the same we share the same set of goals and values as you
everybody has their strengths and their
everybody has their strengths and their weaknesses so we’re not so good by
weaknesses so we’re not so good by
weaknesses so we’re not so good by ourselves are we we need people who
ourselves are we we need people who
ourselves are we we need people who strengths are our weaknesses and whose
strengths are our weaknesses and whose
strengths are our weaknesses and whose weaknesses are our strengths we need
weaknesses are our strengths we need
weaknesses are our strengths we need people who will share the same set of
people who will share the same set of
people who will share the same set of values and beliefs as you have when it
values and beliefs as you have when it
values and beliefs as you have when it comes to problem-solving the power of
comes to problem-solving the power of
comes to problem-solving the power of trust over us is that it binds different
trust over us is that it binds different
trust over us is that it binds different people together
people together
people together that’s the reason you’re all here isn’t
that’s the reason you’re all here isn’t
that’s the reason you’re all here isn’t it to watch this show you have diversity
it to watch this show you have diversity
it to watch this show you have diversity of opinions and perspectives and so you
of opinions and perspectives and so you
of opinions and perspectives and so you can find solutions and resolute and
can find solutions and resolute and
can find solutions and resolute and makes it our solutions to problem so
makes it our solutions to problem so
makes it our solutions to problem so much faster we humans need trust because
much faster we humans need trust because
much faster we humans need trust because it is the backbone of our survival and I
it is the backbone of our survival and I
it is the backbone of our survival and I hope you’ve all learned here something
hope you’ve all learned here something
hope you’ve all learned here something today thank you all for listening
today thank you all for listening
today thank you all for listening [Applause]
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