/about — the long version

Darent Defoe Lengkong.

Darent Defoe Lengkong

“Every project here started the same way: I wanted something to exist, so I started building before I had the full map.”

I’m an Information Systems for Business student at Universitas Ciputra Surabaya (GPA 3.86 / 4.00). I learn fastest with my hands on a real problem — I make the things I wish existed, then figure out the hard parts no tutorial covers.

Comfortable owning a system end to end: designing the architecture, reasoning through failures, and shipping. I explore first, then commit. Currently exploring a double-degree track at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.

// how I work with people

Beyond the code.

// GOOGLE STUDENT AMBASSADOR · 2026

Google Indonesia

Selected to represent Google on campus and teach students how to use AI in everyday life — mostly by creating teaching content. Self-directed: Google sets topics, I decide how to make them land. Selected among ~2,000 from 81,000+ applicants (top ~2.5%).

// STUDENT MENTOR · ~1 YEAR

Universitas Ciputra

Mentored incoming students through bi-monthly group sessions focused on learning skills — helping them find their footing, not just handing out answers. Recognized as Outstanding Mentor in Learning Skills & Lifelong Learning.

// EVENTS UNDER PRESSURE

EPIC · DCSC · Batik Festival

Ideated and ran event games on the ground (EPIC). Pulled in as a stand-in MC for DCSC’s three-month flagship seminar with little warning — and did it. Handled content and marketing for the Batik Festival, including an orphanage outreach event. Comfortable being handed ambiguity and figuring it out live.

// OUTSIDE SCHOOL

What I think about

Fighting game pro scene, Indonesian stock market analysis, building a Roblox survival game in Lua (with friends), and any stuff I’ll be interested in.