Talent is universal. Opportunity is not. | Manjula Dissanayake | TEDxGeorgeMasonU

Manjula Dissanayake, the Executive Director of Educate Lanka, an international non-profit social enterprise focused on enhancing access to quality education and employment for the socioeconomically marginalized children and youth in Sri Lanka. Discusses his role in expanding opportunities to those in Sri Lanka and across the world.

Manjula Dissanayake is the founding Executive Director of Educate Lanka, an international non-profit social enterprise focused on enhancing access to quality education and employment for the socioeconomically marginalized children and youth in Sri Lanka. Born and raised in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Manjula completed his primary and secondary education in Sri Lanka. He moved to the U.S. at the age of 19 to pursue his higher education. Manjula completed his bachelor’s in finance from the University of Maryland in 2005 and a master’s in international development and social entrepreneurship from The Fletcher School at Tufts University in 2012.

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