Hi! My name is Socheata. I am 15. I was born in Koh Sdach village, Koh Sdach commune, Kiri Sakor district, Koh Kong province in Cambodia. I currently live and study at Liger Leadership Academy in Phnom Penh. In my free time, I like to read novel, finish my homework and watch movie or listening to music. I am really into music and movie. I love them so much. In the weekend, I learn to play soccer, basketball, and karate. Because of loving entertainment, I also learn to dance hip-hop. Dancing to music makes me feel very happy. Music, smell, sound, taste, and picture are the things that make me remember my childhood life and other things in my past. I remember a lot about my childhood, but I usually forget things in the present day such as where I keep my book or computer charger.
At the age of 11, I participated in a program call Technovation. It is a program for girls to create an application to solve the problem in their country. My team and I create an application called Cambodia Identity Product. It is an app that helps people in Cambodia to sell Cambodia traditional or handcraft product such as Kroma(Khmer scarf) and silk skirt. Our team didn’t win at the national pitch. We were very upset, but luckily we were selected to be one of the world pitch presenters in San Francisco. Even though our team didn’t win the competition, we are still proud of ourself because we were one of the strongest team in 2017.
Still in the age of 11, after I and my team came back from the competition, some of the journalists come to interview us because we are the first team in Cambodia who are selected to compete in the US. Some of the journalists from the US came to interview me about myself and how it is to be in the US for one week.
I am really proud(not too proud) of myself that my voice is heard by many people in the world. I encourage all girls to participate in the technology program. Let’s make people say- Wow! Lots of girls are into technology. Wow! The number of girls and boys in technology is the same. I am looking forward to hearing that. Today, boys are very popular in technology. I hope in the future, the number of both genders will be the same.
My dream is to be one of the top 5 entrepreneurs in the world. Because of into music and movie, I also dream to be seen in one of the most popular movie. I will do my best to find my success.