AUBG Alumnus, co-founder of an NGO in Bulgaria

My name is Mitko. I am a 2008 AUBG graduate, who majored in Business administration and Economics. Since my graduation, I have been up and down, inside and outside Bulgaria, searching for my niche in life and not caring about it at all. Well, a long story short: a young person doing his young things in his young way. Until recently, when, without any hard pressure and deliberation on my behalf, a decision and commitment I made, turned my life in order. You know what I mean, do you not?

My most colorful dream at this point is to affirm myself as a social entrepreneur. I want to be able to design innovative solutions to society's most pressing social problems as social entrepreneurs do. In order to make my dream come true, I am currently co-founding an NGO in Bulgaria, which supports local community development through implementation of local causes and undertakings.

I have read President Easton's address to alumni and friends of AUBG this academic year several times now. I truly share his request for giving time, talent and treasure back to AUBG as it did to us. I have been doing my best to stand behind my willingness to give to AUBG through my actions. TEDxAUBG is a firsthand opportunity for me to contribute even more and I express my gratitude to its team for entrusting and honoring me to talk at this event.

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