{"id":30183,"date":"2021-05-07T12:31:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T04:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenschool.org\/bali\/?p=30183"},"modified":"2021-10-18T10:29:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T02:29:05","slug":"alumni-stories-achintya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenschool.org\/bali\/bnmag\/alumni-stories-achintya\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Stories: Achintya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Achintya Nilsen
\n<\/b>Class of 2017<\/span><\/p>\n

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Her Vision:<\/b> Support underserved communities in Bali and help lift families out of poverty through education and access to resources.<\/span><\/p>\n

Indonesian<\/span>–<\/span>Norwegian<\/span> model, activist, and former<\/span> Miss Indonesia 2017<\/a><\/strong> is proving to the world that being an introvert does not equate to a lack of self-confidence. The young changemaker recently wrapped an internship at an impact investment fund, is working to support underserved Balinese communities through work with her family\u2019s NGO,<\/span> Kerja Bakti<\/a><\/strong>, and just co-founded<\/span> Bali Support<\/a><\/strong>, a centralized fundraising platform for aid projects happening around her beloved home island.<\/span> In all her work, Achintya <\/span>is fueled by an internal wellspring of self-possession she credits in part to her education at <\/span>Green Schoo<\/strong>l<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI think Green School really sets you up to be a person who brings their own uniqueness and authenticity into the world,\u201d Achintya told us when we recently caught up with her over Zoom. \u201cOur teachers taught us that if you\u2019re not doing something you love and are passionate about, you\u2019re denying the world your own special gifts.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Achintya started her education in a much different environment. \u201cI came from a school that really emphasized excelling in academics above everything else,\u201d says Achintya, who confessed that there was a lot of bullying at her previous school. \u201cWhen I came to Green School I was about <\/span>10 years old<\/a><\/strong>, and remember feeling like I didn\u2019t have to mask my identity or try to be someone I wasn\u2019t. People just accepted each other and all of their unique quirks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Inspired by her classmates\u2019 acceptance of others, as well as Brene Brown\u2019s <\/span>TED talk on the power of vulnerability<\/span><\/a>, eventually inspired Achintya to do her senior capstone project, called a \u201c<\/span>Greenstone<\/a><\/strong>,\u201d on <\/span>belonging<\/a><\/strong>. Growing up with mix-culture parents (a Norwegian father and Balinese mother), she often struggled with the question of \u2018where do I fit in?\u2019 early on. As she got older, she learned that we find belonging when we open ourselves up to others. That we can only really connect when we are being authentic. Her Greenstone explored the power of vulnerability to create more authentic connections in the space of family, school, careers and other situations in life.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to her accepting classmates, Achintya is grateful to her teachers for celebrating her strengths and <\/span>encouraging<\/a><\/strong> her passions while at school. Previously not one to talk herself up, Achintya was counseled by Ibu Nicola to take pride in her creative writing skills and share more of it with the world. Her writing has since become a source of self-confidence as well as a way to manage her mental health. She\u2019s learned to take refuge in journaling and creative writing whenever she feels anxious or down about the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At most schools, this might have become the moment when teachers advise their student to pursue a writing career. But at Green School, there is no pressure to graduate with a definite picture of what you want to be or where you want to go. Instead, Achintya graduated with a clarity and confidence in <\/span>who she is<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cFor me the big idea Green School leaves you with is that nothing is set in stone in terms of your aspirations,\u201d says Achintya. \u201cThey teach that it\u2019s totally ok if you don\u2019t have everything figured out as soon as you graduate, instead you\u2019re taught to continue the life-long journey of self-discovery through learning that begins at Green School. It\u2019s one of the reasons my dad chose to put us into the school, because he wanted us to understand this, to be ok with uncertainty and move forward despite it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cDuring Tya\u2019s time at Green School and since graduating I\u2019ve seen her grow into an eco and social warrior, concerned about sustainability and humanity,\u201d says her dad. “I think into the future the need for that mindset and skills are going to be in high demand.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, which of Achintya\u2019s many interests is she pursuing today? Well, we mentioned the non-profit work. Really, the main throughline is finding ways to make a positive impact in her local community, knowing that it will have a ripple effect outward. For instance, she explains to us how helping a Balinese family out of poverty, in addition to the obvious benefits, has a secondary benefit to the <\/span>environment<\/a><\/strong>. \u201cI notice that when families are impoverished they don\u2019t have the time or wherewithal to think about what impact they\u2019re having on the environment. When families are helped out of poverty, they then have more freedom to turn their attention to the planet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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When Achintya is not working on her local-to-global impact, she spends her time reading. Her favorite topics to read and study are film and psychology, and she\u2019s been known to practice what she\u2019s learned by psycho-analyzing her friends…with or without their permission. Joking aside, she loves the way psychology brings more self-awareness and can inspire steps toward positive change. Because, as she tells us, \u201ceveryday is about being a better version of yourself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Achintya Nilsen, Class of 2017<\/span>
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Activist, and former Miss Indonesia 2017<\/i><\/p>\n

Achintya’s Vision<\/b>: Support underserved communities in Bali and help lift families out of poverty through education and access to resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":30204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[29,15,3,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nAlumni Stories: Achintya - Green School Bali<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenschool.org\/bali\/bnmag\/alumni-stories-achintya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alumni Stories: Achintya - Green School Bali\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Achintya Nilsen, Class of 2017 Activist, and former Miss Indonesia 2017 Achintya's Vision: Support underserved communities in Bali and help lift families out of poverty through education and access to resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.greenschool.org\/bali\/bnmag\/alumni-stories-achintya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Green School Bali\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-07T04:31:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-18T02:29:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.greenschool.org\/bali\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Web-Tya-Nilsen-3.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Reza\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Reza\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.greenschool.org\/bali\/bnmag\/alumni-stories-achintya\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.greenschool.org\/bali\/bnmag\/alumni-stories-achintya\/\",\"name\":\"Alumni Stories: Achintya - 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