Alina Amir is one of the four co-founders at Arus Academy,
an after-school programme that promotes interdisciplinary
learning. Before Arus, Alina graduated from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was an analyst at Accenture
before teaching History as a Teach For Malaysia fellow for four
years in a public school. Alina loves hiking and wishes she had
the time for it.
The Lessons I Learned from Teaching
Halfway through my second year of working in the management consulting line—my first job after graduation—I decided to quit and join Teach for Malaysia (TFM). TFM is an organisation that recruits young professionals to teach…
