I was born in Istanbul in 1999. I studied Food Technology at Istanbul Selçuk Technical and Anatolian Vocational High School. During my senior year, I completed a one-year internship at Turkish Airlines Do&Co. Feeling happy and successful in the food control field, I chose the Food Technology program at Istanbul Aydın University. After my internship, I received an offer from Do&Co that would allow me to both study and work. I accepted the offer and started working as a hygiene assistant at Do&Co after school. Thanks to the extensive knowledge my school and professors imparted to me, working in this department became even more productive. I had the opportunity to apply all the knowledge I learned from my professors in school to practical experience in the workplace, which paved the way for my career development. I spent two years working in production as a hygiene assistant. After graduating from Istanbul Aydın University in 2019, I worked for two more years as a hygiene shift manager at Do&Co. Afterward, I voluntarily resigned and began working as a quality specialist at Fulya Acıbadem Hospital in 2021. I worked in operations for another year there, and now I wanted to develop my skills in new product development and office work in the food sector. After a year, I left voluntarily and started working at TheLifeCo as a quality specialist in 2022. I was no longer field-based, but rather involved in some management and office work. Four months after starting, I was promoted to Product and Quality Manager and have been working at TheLifeCo for a year. I am very happy and satisfied with my current position. I occasionally go out in the field to refresh my knowledge and past experiences.

I can tell all my fellow students at Istanbul Aydın University that starting your career early brings great benefits for the future. I advise them to make the most of their time and enter the workforce early to build their careers. Every workplace is a different experience and a journey of discovery. I continue to explore and learn.

I was born in Zonguldak in 1997 and live in Tekirdağ. I completed my high school education in the Chemistry department at Şehit Major Bedir Karabıyık Anatolian Technical Vocational High School in Istanbul. I graduated from Kocaeli University's Vocational School in 2017 with a degree in Refinery and Petrochemicals. Throughout my education, I worked various part-time jobs to gain an understanding of the business world.

After graduation, I started working as a Quality Control Technician at a company that produces liquid cleaning products. Due to my outstanding achievements and performance, I was promoted to Quality Control Manager after six months and worked in parallel in the Quality Control and R&D departments for a total of one year. After one year, I started the Food Technology department at Istanbul Aydın University's Anatolian Bil. Vocational School in 2018. During this time, I participated in various professional training programs and technical trips organized by our department managers, gaining new knowledge and ideas in the field of food technology. Thanks to our department's diverse academic and laboratory resources, I've had the opportunity to participate in numerous innovation studies and trials, gaining industry experience, and undertaking diverse and successful projects. Some of these projects include coating meat with edible film (preventing physical, chemical, and microbial spoilage of edible packaging and products) and producing functional cookies (producing cookies with sorghum wheat to ensure a high-protein, gluten-free diet for celiac patients and to restore our lost values).

Before graduating from the Food Technology department, I had the opportunity to work as a Process Technician for a pharmaceutical and food supplement manufacturing company for a total of three and a half years. Following graduation, I was promoted to Assistant Quality Assurance Specialist and Quality Assurance Specialist - Manager. This allowed me to contribute to both my company and myself by making corrections and improvements to the company's quality systems and undertaking various projects.

To increase my opportunities for management positions in the quality department, I enrolled in the Business Administration program through the DGS (Direct Entrance Exam) and successfully graduated.

My advice to my fellow students would be to take advantage of this opportunity and believe that they can succeed.