Sandra was born and raised in Ambon. She is the last child of the eight siblings. Her 5 older siblings already married and live with their own family. She is now living with her two older siblings and her mother. Her father passed away. She and her sisters work together to help her mother making the living to fulfill their daily needs. Her mother works at home by making yellow rice. She usually wakes up really early to prepare the selling. Sandra and her sisters then take turn in selling the yellow rice around their neighborhood. As they have no motorbike, they do it on foot. They averagely make around IDR 500 thousands in a month. Moreover, her sister also makes the extra earning by working as a laundry worker. Despite being in hard condition, Sandra always study hard that it makes her freed from paying the school fees because of her good performance in studying. After graduated from high school, she still has the dream to finally grab the chance continuing her study. As she found the information about Bali WISE, she applied it and hopes that she could be part of it and get the chance to learn and get more skills. Her biggest motivation and dream is to finally provide the better living for her mother as she knows that her mother worked really hard for her.
Education, Money and Hope – A Story of Rusmini
