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Dr. Luxi Zhang, HKU-UBS SSILP 2024 Champion who won HKD400,000 funding for her project, shared how SSILP has empowered her nonprofit career at the SSILP 2025 Information session.

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Luxi is from Shenzhen. She started her career as a cancer researcher. After about 10 years working in the lab developing new drugs to treat cancer, she realized that prevention and early detection work are more important. Therefore, she found a job at Shenzhen Media Group Charity Foundation and launched her own charity project “RiCiAINi 乳此AI你” 3 years ago, dedicated to make reliable breast cancer screening available, accessible and affordable to all women in China, including Hong Kong.

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‘I truly feel empowered. I feel like a little Mario going around, eating mushrooms and growing bigger and more powerful,” Luxi said when asked how SSILP impacted her. Every class was like ‘a magical mushroom’ that made her more powerful and capable of solving problems. She believes that SSILP has a magical formula of blending theoretical and practical components, serving as a level-up mushroom for students. The program gradually helps students build capacity, preparing them to tackle real-life situations in the future.

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Luxi furthered, ‘Trust your mentor. I can’t believe how helpful they were. My mentors actually spent a few months helping us to polish our project, giving a lot of advice.’ She also encouraged interested applicants to be brave and they will gain unexpected rewards. ‘I truly recommend and encourage you all to come to the class and learn it yourself, experience yourself.’ Luxi concluded.

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Apart from experienced academia and trainers, SSILP also offers powerful mentoring support to its participants. The mentors, consisting of UBS senior managers and alumni who are seasoned nonprofit leaders, bring a wealth of expertise across finance, marketing, legal, and other essential skills that are often scarce in NPOs. SSILP participants often have the opportunity to expand their network by connecting with a dedicated group of highly qualified individuals who are committed to giving back to the community.

Experience the powerful growth now by joining us! Submit the online application form, endorsement form, and a 1-minute self-introduction video by 7 February 2025 (Friday) 23:59 on https://ssilp.hk/apply-now/. Late applications will not be considered.

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