Syahregina Alyuvany

Educator/Teacher

My foundational expertise is as an educator and storytelling coach. I teach students the art of crafting narratives across various genres which focus on stories that are not only highly entertaining but also embedded with strong moral values. Beyond the narrative itself, my work involves rigorous public speaking training, building my students' competitive resilience, and fostering their enthusiasm for organizational leadership, which are essential parts of our highly active international class program. I am constantly exploring innovative teaching methods and optimizing various digital tools to create an environment where students genuinely fall in love with speaking English. I bring this blend of creative pedagogy and confidence-building to the TED community. I believe that TEDxYouth is the ultimate platform for these young minds to step out of their comfort zones, elevate their voices, and transform their stories into ideas that can inspire the world.

Most people see me as just a storytelling coach, but my work is really about what happens off-stage. I actually have a soft spot for the quietest kids in the room. My hidden superpower is noticing the potential they don’t even see in themselves. I love sitting down with them, listening to their messy, tangled thoughts, and helping them realize that their 'ordinary' experiences are actually powerful stories. Give me a chaotic brain dump, and I can quickly help reshape it into something clear, emotional, and completely ready for the stage. But it doesn't stop there. While I'm helping individuals find their voice, I’m also quietly working to build a more positive, supportive culture at our school. Because to me, a great speech isn't just about having the perfect words in the spotlight; it's about the character of the speaker and the healthy environment that helped them get there.

Youth are not just the leaders of tomorrow. They are the active innovators and thinkers of today. My idea worth spreading is that we must urgently shift the educational paradigm from teaching students what to think, to inspiring them to challenge, articulate, and share their unique perspectives with the world. When we actually give them the space and trust them with their own voices, they stop just sitting back and start creating real solutions. Therefore, by bringing this philosophy onto the TEDx stage, we can prove that even the youngest minds have ideas that can change the world if we just give them the space to speak.

Public Speaking, Research, Storytelling, Teaching

To be honest, TED used to just be those videos that occasionally popped up on my YouTube feed and I only clicked on them because the red TEDx logo and clean fonts looked so visually aesthetic. I rarely even watched them from start to finish! But everything changed the day my students ran up to me and said, 'Miss, look! We just got the official TEDx license!' I literally got goosebumps. It was this intense, thrilling mix of excitement and disbelief. In my city and especially at my school, a global platform like TEDx was completely unheard of. Driven by pure curiosity and that sudden spark, I immediately dove headfirst into understanding the whole TEDx universe. What started as a casual click on an aesthetic thumbnail has now become a mission to help my students bring the first-ever TEDx stage to our community.

Most people see me as just a storytelling coach, but my work is really about what happens off-stage. I actually have a soft spot for the quietest kids in the room. My hidden superpower is noticing the potential they don’t even see in themselves. I love sitting down with them, listening to their messy, tangled thoughts, and helping them realize that their 'ordinary' experiences are actually powerful stories. Give me a chaotic brain dump, and I can quickly help reshape it into something clear, emotional, and completely ready for the stage. But it doesn't stop there. While I'm helping individuals find their voice, I’m also quietly working to build a more positive, supportive culture at our school. Because to me, a great speech isn't just about having the perfect words in the spotlight; it's about the character of the speaker and the healthy environment that helped them get there.