Graduate school is an important investment for an increasing number of Singaporeans. Due to the high cost and potentially high return of obtaining a graduate degree, we were interested how students made their decision to pursue these degrees and how they thought about this investment. With that in mind, we've begun conducting an interview series in order to highlight the stories of current graduate students in Singapore.

Viona Giovanni Felisiana is a graduate student in the Singapore Management University's (SMU) Master of Science in Management (MiM) programme. As an interior designer with aspirations of someday running her own business, Viona felt that this degree would help her build crucial business skills. We interviewed Viona to find out more about her decision to pursue the MiM degree at SMU.

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