Monica Ari Wijayanti, S.Pd., MA is Deputy Director at the Directorate of ASEAN Socio Cultural Cooperation Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Indonesia. She was 2017-2021: Counselor for Economic Affairs, The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in The Hague, The Netherlands (2017-2021). She was Vice Consul for Consular Affairs, The Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Kuching, Malaysia (2009-2014). She was Attache, The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Vienna, Austria (2004-2005). She has had marked by a series of significant assignments across various directorates, such as Directorate of Protocol (2005-2006), Directorate of Public Diplomacy (2008-2009), Directorate of East Asia and Pacific (2014-2016), Directorate of Southeast Asia (2016-2017).