Recollecting her 18 months in the United States as a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, Nurul Izzah Anwar said: "It was a breath of fresh air because people cared about whatever we said.

"In class, we were really encouraged to speak up which was difficult for me at first. I was not used to that in the Malaysian education system."

Before pursuing her Master degree overseas, Nurul Izzah was educated at local public schools and obtained her bachelor degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the Universiti Tenaga Malaysia.

Like her, most of Nurul Izzah's five siblings attended local national schools and universities, with the exception of the two youngest who are currently studying at the Mont Kiara International School mainly because they were overseas with their father in recent years.

In the final of a four-part video, Nurul Izzah elaborates on her time as a student in Kuala Lumpur's Assunta Secondary School and a young Muslim woman in the US.

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