Kien Ngo - ENFJ, SDG 17 & 11

📍 From Vietnam. Studying in Christchurch, New Zealand
🧠 Personality Type: ENFJ
🌏 Favourite SDGs: #17 Partnerships for the Goals | #11 Sustainable Cities & Communities

📩 Kien is on LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/kien-ngo-nz

🌱 ROOTS, RESILIENCE & A DIFFERENT KIND OF COURAGE

Kien arrived in New Zealand at 15, far from home, far from his language, and far from anything familiar. He was still a kid. But stepping into a new country forced him to grow fast. He learned to speak up, ask for help, navigate systems, build friendships and find belonging again… in a foreign land.

He says moving overseas didn’t just change him - it built him.
It taught him independence, confidence, and the truth that community isn’t a place - but people.

🤝 PARTNERSHIPS: THE HEART OF HOW HE LEADS

Kien chose SDG 17 for a reason. Collaboration is his compass.
He studies partnerships, people, cultures and the way humans connect. He believes the world changes not through individual heroes… but through humans working together across backgrounds, stories and strengths.

He’s the guy who brings a room together.
The one who notices who’s left out.
The one who makes sure people feel welcomed, not judged.

Part leadership. Part empathy. Part natural ENFJ intuition.

🏙️ CITIES, CULTURE & HOW WE BUILD BELONGING

SDG 11 matters to him because he has lived the experience of trying to fit into a new city while holding on to who he is.

He sees how students like him shape the culture of Christchurch - through diversity, community events, and stronger cross-cultural understanding. He wants cities to feel safe, inclusive and connected… especially for young people who arrive alone.

His dream is simple. Communities where no one feels invisible.

🌏 BEING THE BRIDGE BETWEEN WORLDS

Kien often finds himself in the role of bridge.
Between international students and local students.
Between Vietnamese culture and New Zealand culture.
Between people who think differently but want the same sense of belonging.

He listens deeply. Translates perspectives.
Helps people understand one another.

That’s leadership. And he does it without calling himself a leader.

🔥 WHAT HE’S LEARNING ABOUT HIMSELF

Kien is honest about the fact that he’s still discovering who he is, what he values and how he wants to contribute. He talks openly about being young, figuring things out, and learning through experience instead of pretending to have everything sorted.

That self-awareness is his superpower. It keeps him grounded. And it makes people trust him.

✨ THE HEART OF IT ALL

Kien is a connector, collaborator, - and a young global citizen building a life far from home… and creating community wherever he goes.

He represents the future of leadership. We want leaders who are relational, culturally intelligent, values-driven and showing genuine care.

One friendship at a time.
One collaboration at a time.
One brave young voice at a time.