Jessica Ariela

UPH's Psychology Alumni Fulfills Her Calling to Become Head of Study Program

Being a person who brings an impact on their surrounding is something everyone wants to be, including Jessica Ariela, Universitas Pelita Harapan’s (UPH) Faculty of Psychology alumni cohort 2007. The longing Jessica has to impact a greater group of people at a time made her took a commitment to becoming the Head of UPH’s Faculty of Psychology. Jessica believes that to train future counselors and psychologists, higher education gives her a wider space to have a bigger impact. Through UPH Festival’s Alumni Homecoming session last August 2020, Jessica further admits that besides giving her energy, teaching becomes a place for her to share goodness, especially in advancing mental and psychological health in Indonesia through UPH’s Faculty of Psychology graduates. The positive experience she’s gained during her studies at UPH, especially the care and sincerity of her lecturers has become the deciding factor when she was searching the place to contribute her knowledge. “UPH lecturers did not trouble you when you needed help – I am witness to how UPH lecturers have taught with caring and sincerity as long as students know the boundaries. At UPH, we have a good relationship betweek lecturers and students,” Jessica says. “Don’t forget to always ask God how your knowledge in psychology should be used so that you can be an impact for others,” she closes.