Benny Prawira Siauw

Benny Prawira Siauw (born in Jakarta, 1 February 1989) is a suicidologist, founder and head coordinator of Into The Light Indonesia community, which focuses on suicide prevention in Indonesia. Background and education Benny receives his Bachelor of Psychology from Bunda Mulia University and Master of Social Health Psychology from Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia. Between 2013 and 2015, Benny is one of the member of Youth Advisory Board from National Center for The Prevention of Youth Suicide, a research institution founded by American Association of Suicidology with the focus for suicide prevention among youths. Into The Light Indonesia Benny founded Into The Light Indonesia in 2012 after he found a number of suicide news from Indonesian online media and after he revealed some of his friends were having suicidal thoughts.