‘My journey to Cambridge’


Living out her dreams: Setbacks are no hindrance for Lee to pursue her tertiary studies in the UK.

“Sometimes, when I’m walking through the cobbled streets of Cambridge or writing essays in the university library, I reflect on how grateful I am to be studying a course I love in one of the best universities in the world.”

Karen Lee, 22, had never thought this was possible a year ago, until she secured a scholarship from YTL Foundation to pursue a degree in human, social and political sciences at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

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