SMU alumna Siti Noormasliana Noorazman founded Project Candela to build a bridge between migrant workers and the wider community in Singapore. Her curiosity about policymaking and social advocacy led her to major in political science and communication management at SMU. She was among 215 graduates from SMU’s School of Social Sciences at the commencement ceremony held at the university on 30 July 2026. Across five days of ceremonies, more than 3,800 students graduated from SMU in 2026. She now works as a research assistant at the Institute of Policy Studies and dreams of starting a non-profit organisation to advocate for the migrant worker community. She hopes it will be able to partner organisations already supporting migrant workers – such as the clinic HealthServe – to further their shared goals.