Winning the Australian Awards Scholarship for a Master's Degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) as a Form of Entanglement, Agency, Investment, Identity, and Capital

In this retrospective story, I narrate my experience gaining a scholarship to pursue a Master's degree overseas, especially in Australia, under the Australian Development Scholarship (ADS), now the Australian Awards Scholarship (AAS). While there are many existing stories about winning overseas scholarships, both academic and recipe-based, my story here is different. I will not only situate my suc...