Episode 21 - The Power of Education

About this episode

Christian Pearson interviews Theary Leng about her journey in education and her mission to bring change to Cambodia.

Host Christian Pearson interviews social entrepreneur & Cambodian pioneer Theary Leng, who received her MPA at BYU and is fulfilling her life mission to bring education back to her country. Theary shares her own remarkable journey with education, and explains why she believes it may be the most powerful force for good. Later, Christian asks Theary to share some of her goals for implementing change in Cambodia, including her plans to found the first public library in the country.

People in this episode

Host: Christian Pearson

Guest: Theary Leng

Topics covered

• education
• social entrepreneurship
• Cambodia
• public library
• change implementation

Keywords

• education
• Cambodia
• social entrepreneur
• public library
• change
• Theary Leng
• Christian Pearson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BYU

Places: Cambodia

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