My High and Lows

My High and LowsMy hero's journeyLow & struggles:Grew up in B40 family (<RM5k household income, bottom 40% of wealth)never had my own room/privacy until i started workingaffected me socially, speech confidence, social skills, etcHad speech delay as toddler, social anxiety as kidan immigrantLack of opportunity for scholarship, PTPTN (Education Loan), different school standardWas charged higher fees for education due to non-local status Luckily obtained a welfare support partially fund my educationLack of stable base, no inherited house, car, etcHad to start working and supporting myself at 17Had to pay for my sister uni tuition at 21Dad had a stroke when i was 24 years old, parents had no insurace/retirement plan got into $15k credit debt for parents medical bills and supporting my sisterWins:Competed in Math olympiads in primary school & won varsity chess comps at 12 and 16Self-taught IGCSE and passed it at 14Entered uni at 15 and graduated as best graduate / valedictorianwon Gold Vice Chancellor award, Best International Student Award, Gold FYP award, Gold Capstone award, published game at 16tech intern at 17 and tech club founder at 18co-authored AI research paper with MIT at 19cofounded ai consulting company at 21 with 6-fig revenueco-founded vc-backed ai startup at 22grew 10k followers and 100k users at 23