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1. Let’s start from the very beginning. What made you decide to choose a career path in Dentistry? I would say it's just coming to my way. I love working with my hands and fixing some things. So, dentistry fit all the criteria, I went for it and I fell in love with dentistry. It is agreed that a dentist is a doctor, an engineer and an artist hence this is the perfect combination. 2. As dental students, we all struggle during our university years. What aspects of study did you find most challenging about being a dental student, and how did you overcome them? Time management. Because I have been working with the dental association since the first year of dental school. So, the studying and organization balance was difficult at the first time but during some period of time I get used to it and it went well. 3. Considering that you were very active with IADS, how were you able to manage IADS work, along with university? One solution for that is setting my priority everyday selecting which work is the first thing first. Both are very important to me but selecting based on the urgency was the one thing I always do. 4. How has IADS enriched you as a person? IADS helped me improve my confidence and leadership skills. What I learned from many of my IADS colleagues was how to make a difference, how to make the best decision, fair work and how to manage my time. IADS also helped me develop my social life. I got to meet good friends from IADS that turned into big happy family. I won't forget about the amazing congresses and the people of IADS. “Great leaders don’t set out to be leaders, they set out to make a difference. It’s never about the role, it’s about the goal.” 5. What aspect of Indonesian culture has proved advantageous to you in dealing with the international dental community? In Indonesia, where I live, unity in diversity is very respected and honored. I have been dealing with many people coming from different places and I understand that being open-minded is to accept all of life’s perspectives and realities. It was this notion of coexisting that helped me deal with the international community easily. 6. Dr. Esti has been described by her colleagues as soft and kind-hearted. We asked Dr. Esti how she was able to maintain these special traits of hers amid the competition and the arguments that may have arisen within the IADS ExCo due to the differences. NOVEMBER2017 “To be honest I am never a political type of person. I started to work with IADS to make a difference, to help as many people as I can. I dedicated myself only to my works and that kept my focus on why I started at the very first place. I always appreciate different thoughts and opinions because that makes life even more colorful and I always see the good in people.” – she says. 7. Is there a role model, be it a family member or a professor that you look up to or that inspired you as a young dental student? I have to say I have many role models. I learned a lot from people around me, therefore this is a very difficult question. If I have to say, the one that inspired me and taught me a lot on how to work effectively, efficiently and the real meaning of dedication is Dr Pavel Scarlat my fellow ExCo member in IADS. Another one is Dr Magdalena Wilczak because I learned a lot from her on how to maintain the integrity. 8. Are you pursuing any specialty, or do you have any plans for entering a specialty program? For now, I don't chase any specialty program. I plan to take a Master’s program in business school because it will help me manage my clinic and probably my dental laboratory in the future. 9. Being a lady in a very desirable executive position at a time when the IADS Executive Committee was dominated by gentlemen, what challenges did you have to face, and what have you learned from overcoming them? Actually I didn't feel any difference. We all worked hard in IADS and this was not even an issue. “VOLUNTEERS DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THE TIME, THEY HAVE THE HEART.” ONE OF THE MORE REMARKABLE TRAITS OF DR. ESTI IS HER SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM. 16