In conversation with Masachs Boungou, a fourth-year doctoral student in Global Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where he is developing his dissertation around a model of business entrepreneurial action that takes its point of departure in the entrepreneur’ personal disturbing experience and the role of the sensemaking associated to that personal disturbing experience. Prior to that, he majored in a dual masters’ degree in Sustainable International Development and Conflict Studies at Brandeis University, where he held a Fulbright Fellowship and founded the Brandeis University Fulbright Chapter. After his Fulbright Fellowship, he founded a Nunga Program, a social nonprofit organization for youth empowerment in Brazzaville, Congo. Masachs is recipient of the Award Grant for Social Change, the Pollination Project, 2020 and the New Leaders Group Award by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in 2018.

In this episode, he speaks to us about his growing up years, Fulbright experience, the process of applying for a PhD, and his future goals. About why the doctoral degree holds value both at a personal and family level, and words from his grandfather that inspire him.