AIESECers' Experience: Anh Vu

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More local AIESECer experiences coming your way! This time it's Amy's turn - read about her experience with us in LC Jyväskylä.

"My name is Anh Vu, but everyone has known me as Amy since I came to Finland to study. I originally come from Vietnam, a small but beautiful country in South-East Asia. I stepped on the plane to Finland in 2010 and since then, my journey has started and I can say that AIESEC is the biggest part of it.

Amy (center) with AIESEC friends

I joined AIESEC in June 2013 and it was because of one of my friends. She told me a lot about AIESEC and got me interested. At the fourth year of my studies, only doing my thesis I decided to join AIESEC in order to make more of my free time. I had no clue that AIESEC would later get me involved in a lot of awesome activities and that I would meet a lot of great people from the whole organization, from which I've learnt a lot. 

 

Sometimes there are questions I ask myself such as: What if I never knew about AIESEC? What if I never joined? Who would "AMY-WITHOUT-AIESEC" be? Every time I think about these questions, I realize how important AIESEC is becoming to me and my identity today. "Amy-before-AIESEC" was a shy girl who was afraid of expressing herself. I didn't have the guts to speak up about most things, I doubted myself and my abilities, and although I wanted to help people I didn't know how! 

Team meeting

I first joined AIESEC to be a member in Outgoing Exchange - Global Community Development Program (OGX - GCDP) team, the function of which is to attract and send as many volunteers abroad as possible. Being abroad, even just once in the lifetime, is definitely an important experience for everyone, and I think that going on exchange program with AIESEC is one of the best ways to make our student years super memorable. 3 months later I was becoming the team leader and the more I do, the more I learn, and the deeper I fall in love with how AIESEC is organized and working. 


The first month after joining AIESEC was a bit challenging for me because I had to get out of my comfort zone and gain the courage to interact with complete strangers due to my responsibilites in AIECSEC. Before I was very uncomfortable initiating conversations with strangers, but after a while I find it quite normal. 

Attending a conference

One special thing I like about AIESEC is that there are a lot of conferences where I can meet new people with the same ambitions and a lot of different interesting ideas and objectives to reach their goals. It's a great chance to go and learn new things, new skills, new ways of thinking and doing and simply enjoying a great atmosphere. And we'll never know which ones of those people will someday become important in our lives. 


 After a while in AIESEC, I've become more active and explored myself more and more. I've realized that our ability has no limit if we keep trying new things and talking to ourselves more. If we think we can do it, we will. The more we do, the more we get and the time in AIESEC has given me a lot of opportunities to improve and strengthen myself as well as my skills and competencies. I would never regret being in AIESEC and moreover I would want to stay within this organization for as long as possible. Everyday with AIESEC opens a new memorable and awesome challenge and experience."

Spending a fun, cozy evening together