“Growing up in Kyrgyzstan, Cholpon witnessed the lack of quality education in her home country. Rather than succumb to her fate, she summoned the courage to leave Kyrgyzstan in 2013 and study for a bachelor’s degree in business administration in South Korea. Cholpon admits she needs to educate herself in the field of early childhood education. After conducting extensive research on all early childhood education and training providers in Singapore, she decided to enrol in nanyang Institute of Management’s Certificate in Early Childhood Care and Education Foundation course.”